1722 Rosa Americana Penny. Martin 2.10-C.2, W-1264. Rarity-5. UTILE DULCI. MS-63 (PCGS).

An outstanding Choice Mint State example with an impressively bold strike, flashy surfaces, and ideal brassy-brown color. Struck perfectly centered on a nice planchet, with no flaws or weakness to detract from the overall definitive representation of the dies. Glossy luster across both sides with some subtle cartwheel frost through the peripheries. Surfaces are just about flawless with no marks or roughness of any consequence. Small die flaws, or perhaps remnants of repunching, over the stop after GEORGIUS and to the upper left of G in GRATIA identify this obverse die. This is likely finest known of the die variety, the only piece better than VF recorded by Syd. Rosa Americana coins are rare at the Choice Mint State level, and there are none graded higher at PCGS for the 1722 UTILE DULCI penny type. Fantastic quality and eye appeal, a piece worthy of the finest collection.

PCGS# 905658.

From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from Heritage's August 2007 ANA Sale, lot 7.