Lot 6
Pre-Revolutionary Imports. Silver St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.34/Ca.15 (this coin illustrated for rev.); W-11520. PCGS XF 40. 04864618.
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Silver St. Patrick Farthing – One of Two Known Martin 1c.34/Ca.15
Sold
$13,000
Est.
$7,500
Bids: 16
Timed Auction
Keystone 13 – U.S. Coins & Currency
Description
Pre-Revolutionary Imports. Silver St. Patrick Farthing. Martin 1c.34/Ca.15 (this coin illustrated for rev.); W-11520. PCGS XF 40. 04864618. Uncertain mint in Dublin. Struck circa 1652-1674. Authorized for circulation in West New Jersey, 18 May 1682 as a halfpenny. Weight 114.9 grains. Seemingly one of two known and the only one in private hands. Two faint scratches above the saint's outstretched arm appear to have been repaired since this coin's 1991 auction appearance.

Ex Sydney F. Martin Collection (Part I, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 27 August 2022), lot 8181, purchased from Coin Rarities Online, May 2015; Richard Picker Collection (Stack’s, 1 May 1991), lot 35; Will W. Neil Collection (B. Max Mehl, 17 June 1947), lot 3101.


Closing Date and Time: 23 August 2023 at 10:01:40 ET.



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