 1733 Rosa Americana Twopence Obverse Trial. N.20, Br.108. Choice Proof. Steel (fully magnetic). 241.6 gns. 33.2 mm. From the expected obverse. Very rare: a handful of these are known, about five pieces, including the inferior looking Garrett:1256 specimen and the one in our sale of March 1993. Bright silver obverse, flashy fields, sharp strike. Darker on the blank back. Plain edge, as expected. Nelson wrote ''There exist some six examples of the obverse of this coin struck in steel, one being in the author's cabinet;...'' The cataloguer notes that this piece has no ring whatsoever when struck.
Said ex Philip Nelson Collection on December 11, 1913; F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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