![Undated [ca. 1717] Pre-Patent Rosa Americana Pattern Penny. No branches. N.-, Br. -, Crosby III, 11...](http://www.stacksarchive.com/gallery/ST0505a/01/ST0505a0165t2.jpg "Undated [ca. 1717] Pre-Patent Rosa Americana Pattern Penny. No branches. N.-, Br. -, Crosby III, 11...") Undated [ca. 1717] Pre-Patent Rosa Americana Pattern Penny. No branches. N.-, Br. -, Crosby III, 11 reverse plate coin, Taxay C54 reverse plate coin, 18th ed. Standard catalogue reverse plate coin. Very Fine. Bath metal. 94.4 gns. 26.1 mm. Struck medal turn. Good, even medium brown color with traces of very faded original color in places around the obverse periphery. Some minor rim flaws both sides, two curious edge depressions, surfaces somewhat granular in places. Extremely rare: one of just three traced by the cataloguer including: this; previous lot, ex Brand Collection; National Numismatic Collection ex Norweb Family donation. There are probably a couple more untraced particularly in United Kingdom collections.
Ex Sylvester S. Crosby Collection (John W. Haseltine, June 27, 1883, lot 1290); Lorin G. Parmelee Collection (New York Coin & Stamp Company, June 25, 1890, lot 517); New Netherlands Coin Company privately on June 1, 1958; Norweb Collection (Bowers & Merena, March 24, 1988, lot 2389).
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