Undated (ca. 1652-1674) St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 4n.1-Gh.2, W-11500. Rarity-7. Copper. Sea Beasts Below King, Stars in Legend. VF-20 (PCGS).

82.3 grains. With steel-olive peripheral highlights on otherwise medium brown surfaces. The centers are a bit soft, but detail is bolder at and toward the borders, legends full, church well detailed. The large brassy-gold splasher engages the primary part of the crown and bleeds into the filed below, lightly engaging the top of the harp. Some roughness at left reverse was in the die, the surfaces smooth in hand with nice gloss. Among the seven survivors from these dies included in Syd's 2018 census.

PCGS# 915251. NGC ID: AUAR.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Mike Ringo, July 29, 1993; McCawley-Grellman's sale of the John Griffee Collection of St. Patrick Farthings, November 2003 Ninth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, lot 201; Jim LaSarre, December 2009. Both the obverse and reverse are plated in the 2018 Martin reference on St. Patrick coinage, pp. 180 and 357, respectively.