1723 Rosa Americana Twopence. Martin 3.3-E.4, W-1334. Rarity-5. AU-58 (PCGS). 209.7 grains. A very nearly Mint State piece with all but unworn detail and some satiny flowline luster in the fields. Deep coffee-brown surfaces have just a few tiny planchet flaws and spots of microscopic roughness. A well preserved piece that clearly circulated little if at all and there are no contact marks to report. Excellent strike and centering. Late die state with a die crack from the rim to hair under the first G of GEORGIUS and some dentil fusing under IL of UTILE. PCGS# 905712. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Early American History Auction, Inc.s April 2002 sale, lot 902. Plated in the Martin reference "The Rosa Americana Coinage of William Wood," pp. 266, 303.
