1722 Rosa Americana Penny. Martin 2.9-C.3, W-1264. Rarity-4. UTILE DULCI. AU-58 (PCGS). 116.6 grains. Cataloged in our 1976 Laird Park sale as "a lovely, sharply struck, perfectly centered coin without the slightest sign of mishandling. Toned to an almost even chestnut brown, with some original gold color in some of the letters." The devices are crisp and unflawed, and the surfaces are pleasing if slightly microgranular, as struck. A trivial patch of roughness is noted above the shoulder curve on the bust, another around the stop between UTILE and DULCI. A really lovely and highly original piece that would be difficult to surpass. From our (Stacks) sale of the Laird Park Collection, May 1976, lot 29; our sale of the Archangel Collection, October 2018 Baltimore Auction, lot 7023.
