1722 Rosa Americana Twopence. Martin 3.12-C.2, W-1326. Rarity-3. Period After REX. AU Details--Tooled (PCGS).229.94 grains. Martin notes two different strike qualities for this variety, one softly defined on the reverse banner, the other sharp; this is the strongly struck subvariety. Abundant lustrous gold surrounds the legends and devices on both sides. The light brown surfaces show subtle iridescence indicative of an old cleaning; the tooling noted by PCGS is some light scraping between the date and denticles, though this is fairly easily overlooked. Very sharp, very attractive in hand.From Abner Kreisbergs sale of February 1960, lot 2264; our sale of the Ted L. Craige Collection, March 2013 Baltimore Auction, lot 32.