CNG 90, Lot: 2334. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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UNITED STATES, Colonial & Related. Pre-Revolutionary Imports. CU ‘Farthing’ (24mm, 5.46 g, 11h). Newbie’s ‘St. Patrick’ type. Uncertain mint in Dublin. Struck 1674-1675. Struck 1674-1675. Authorized for circulation in West New Jersey, 18 May 1682. King David standing left, playing harp; crown above / St. Patrick standing slightly left, extending hand and holding patriarchal cross; church in background to right. Edge: Reeded. DF 342; Whitman W-11500; Breen 208. Good Fine, even brown surfaces, flan slightly clipped, usual brass plug near the crown on the obverse.
From the Innisfree Collection.