1724 Patt 2P Rosa Americana SP(PCGS#140)

1724 Patt 2P Rosa Americana SP (PCGS#140)

The March 2013 Baltimore Auction

详细说明: 1724 Pattern Rosa Americana Twopence. Martin 6.1-I.1, W-1362. Rarity-7+. AU-53 (PCGS). 101.85 grains. The only specimen of this rarity certified by PCGS, one of fewer than ten extant. The Whitman Encyclopedia reports that Martin knows of just eight examples; your cataloger suspects this piece is among them but could represent a ninth. The deep olive brown surfaces are glossy if a bit uneven, particularly so on the reverse. The sharpness is excellent, as is the overall visual appeal. The obverse appears finely granular under a glass, moreso at the left periphery. The reverse is a bit patchy. A horizontal nick is present in the right reverse field, some scrapes under UTILE, fine old scratch under DG on the obverse. The quality is similar to the second Ford coin, which realized $12,650 in 2005. The finer Ford coin brought twice as much. Most of the known specimens are somewhat worn, lending credence to Mike Hodder's suggestion that the 1724 Rosa twopences "are probably not really patterns" but very rare circulation issues and underrated rarities at that. This example has an august provenance and deserves strong bidding attention.