Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.14-Ca.6, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Nothing Below King. VG-10 (PCGS).

84.2 grains. Olive-gray highlights on otherwise dominant autumn-brown patina. The splasher engages the area from the crown to King David's face, it is rough and corroded, and there is also some ancient detritus tucked in along the border at lower left obverse. Central detail is soft to weak due to die swell, but the peripheries are considerably sharper with full legends and a well defined church. One of only seven examples of this Martin number known to Syd in 2018.

PCGS# 915304. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merena's) Greenwald and Jackson Collections sale, September 1995, lot 3020; John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online); Jim LaSarre, December 2009. The plate coin for Reverse Ca.6 in Syd Martin's 2018 reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 250.