Very Rare and Choice Tin Farthing

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 1359. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

STUART (Restored). Charles II. 1660-1685. Tin Farthing (5.74 g, 6h). Dated 1684. CARLOS • A • CAROLO, laureate and cuirassed bust left / BRITAN NIA •, Britannia seated left on globe, holding laurel branch in raised right hand, scepter in left; shield at side. NVMMORVM (star) FAMVLVS • 1684 (star) on edge. Peck 533; SCBC 3395. EF, excellent pearl gray surfaces with underlying luster. Very rare.

From a North American Collection.