Undated (1723) Rosa Americana Twopence Obverse Die Trial. Martin Obverse 4.2. Bath Metal. Good-4 (PCGS). 201.4 grains. An intriguing piece with an obverse that grades Good and a completely blank reverse. Collected by Syd as a uniface die trial and that is certainly a possibility, but given the well worn condition it is impossible to be certain it was a uniface strike or if the reverse was planed away or just received unusually heavy wear. Lending credence to the die trial possibility is the presence of scratches crisscrossing the reverse, somewhat similar in appearance to other unquestionably genuine Bath metal uniface trial strikes, and the lines appear old and worn over. This is not proof by any means, but worth pointing out. An interesting coin regardless. PCGS# 905779. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex W.E. Johnson, June 17, 1959; Heritages sale of the W. Philip Keller Collection, October 2010, part of lot 3023. Plated in the Martin reference "The Rosa Americana Coinage of William Wood," p. 339.
