St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1d.1-Ba.11. Silver. Rarity-6+. AU Detail, Repaired (PCGS).119.9 grains. Golden gray and silver with sharp details and excellent eye appeal. A small splash of purple toning is noted at the kneeling king’s hip. The surfaces are a bit granular and show some trivial hairlines, but the only notable flaw is the area of tooling inside the rim above X of REX. The X and denticles above it appear slightly reengraved, but no plug is seen on either side. Despite this issue, the look remains very pleasing.<p>This is perhaps the most frequently seen of the St. Patrick varieties known in silver, though as a class silver St. Patrick pieces are quite scarce. Syd Martin’s census includes 41 silver St. Patrick farthings; nearly half (17) are from this die marriage. Most are well worn, and this example stands out for its sharpness of detail. Our most recent offering of a silver St. Pat’s from these dies was the Kendall specimen, graded AU Detail, Damage (PCGS), which brought $14,100 in March 2015.From the E Pluribus Unum Collection of New Jersey Coppers.
