Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.25-Ca.22, W-11500. Rarity-7+. Copper. Nothing Below King. AU Details--Environmental Damage (PCGS).

89.6 grains. Rather glossy chocolate and medium brown with lighter golden-brown high points. The brass splasher is centered on the crown, but covers only its center. The legends and devices are all complete and bold. Finely granular overall to explain the PCGS qualifier, with minor edge disturbances at 1 and 8 o'clock on the obverse. An exceedingly rare die pairing with only four examples recorded in Syd Martin's 2018 census, and not represented in the famous November 2003 sale of the John Griffee Collection.

PCGS# 915315. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from our (Bowers and Merena's) ANA Las Vegas Coin Show Auction, October 2005, lot 5003; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. The reverse is plated in Syd Martin's 2018 reference on St. Patrick coinage, p. 266.