CNG 90, Lot: 2335. Estimate $750. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES, Colonial & Related. Pre-Revolutionary Imports. CU ‘Farthing’ (24mm, 4.70 g, 11h). Newbie’s ‘St. Patrick’ type. Uncertain mint in Dublin. Struck 1674-1675. Authorized for circulation in West New Jersey, 18 May 1682. King David standing left, playing harp; crown above; below, martlet between annulet and small figure ‘8’ / St. Patrick standing slightly left, extending hand and holding patriarchal cross; church in background to right. Edge: Reeded. DF 348; Whitman W-11500; Breen 217. Fine, some surface roughness, usual brass plug near the crown on the obverse. Very rare variety.

From the Innisfree Collection (acquired from Patrick Finn).