CNG 87, Lot: 2108. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. Pattern CU Farthing (23mm, 3.83 g, 6h). Three composite-order columns bound together by rope; surmounting each column, a cross, harp, [and thistle] respectively; • R • below / Ship under sail left. Peck 387; North 2738; SCBC -. Near VF, rough brown surfaces, trace of hard green deposit on obverse. Rare.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.