1723 Rosa Americana Twopence. Martin 3.20-E.11, W-1334. Rarity-6. VF-25 (PCGS). 233.3 grains. Glossy medium brown with some yellow-gold outlining the devices and within some of the legends. The obverse is choice while the reverse displays some minor roughness that is natural to the planchet. Good sharpness and eye appeal for the grade. A bit weak at ROSA but all is readable. Syd called this variety 3.3-E.11, but noted the extraordinary similarities between obverses 3.3 and 3.20. Upon studying multiple examples of both the 3.3-E.11 and 3.20-E.11 varieties, the obverses of all the 3.3-E.11 examples match the description of the 3.20 obverse instead. 3.3-E.11 should be delisted. Given how similar they are, obverses 3.3 and 3.20 may be the same die with subtle reworking, but the position of the punctuation is different enough that we feel the 3.20-E.11 should stand. PCGS# 905713. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from McCawley & Grellmans Eighth Annual C4 Convention Sale, November 2002, lot 23.
