 1723 Rosa Americana Penny. Stop after REX. No stop after 1723. Br.122. Choice Uncirculated. Bath metal. 148.4 gns. Thick, 1.8 - 2.2 mm. planchet. A really gorgeous specimen and the finest seen by the cataloguer. Both sides are a lovely combination of pale golden brown in the fields, lighter brassy yellow around the peripheries and central devices. Fields show minor granularity under magnification but have wonderful naked eye appeal. Sharply struck on a broader than usual planchet with extra metal beyond the beaded borders on both sides. This would make a first class type coin.
Ex DeWitt Smith, Virgil Brand Collections via New Netherlands Coin Company, date unrecorded.
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