1723 Rosa Americana Twopence. Martin 4.1-E.1, W-1346. Rarity-4. AU-53 (PCGS). 223.4 grains. A pleasing AU example with good quality surfaces and strong detail. The obverse is predominantly dark chocolate-brown with pale gold highlights around the peripheries while the reverse is mostly brassy-olive. The only minor blemishes are a few pinkish corrosion spots on Georges chin into the obverse field. A nice representative of the less common Martin group 4 obverses, with no stop after REX. PCGS# 905732. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Rosa Americana Ltd.s Spring 1996 Fixed Price List, lot 31. Plated in the Martin reference "The Rosa Americana Coinage of William Wood," pp. 245, 285, 300.
