Newby’s ‘St. Patrick’ Farthing

Triton XIX, Lot: 830. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNITED STATES, Colonial & Related. Pre-Revolutionary Imports. CU ‘Farthing’ (25mm, 6.38 g, 12h). Newby’s ‘St. Patrick’ type. Uncertain mint in Dublin. Struck circa 1674-1675. Authorized for circulation in West New Jersey, 18 May 1682 as a halfpenny. FLOREAT REX :·, King David standing left, playing harp; crown above / QVIESCAT : PLEBS, St. Patrick standing facing, holding shamrock and crozier; followers around. Edge: Reeded. Whitman W-11540; Breen 212; D&F 342; SCBC 6569. In NGC encapsulation graded AU 50 BN.