![Undated [1724] George I Rosa Sine Spina Pattern Penny. Br.-, Nelson 19, Crosby III, 16 plate coin,...](http://www.stacksarchive.com/gallery/ST0505a/01/ST0505a0179t2.jpg "Undated [1724] George I Rosa Sine Spina Pattern Penny. Br.-, Nelson 19, Crosby III, 16 plate coin,...") Undated [1724] George I Rosa Sine Spina Pattern Penny. Br.-, Nelson 19, Crosby III, 16 plate coin, Taxay C84 plate coin, 18th ed. Standard Catalogue plate coin, Red Book p.22. Very Fine. Bath metal. 120.2 gns. 27.9 mm. Medium olive green and brown on both sides. Surfaces somewhat granular but not disturbingly so. Nicer than the Norweb specimen and free from the rim nicks seen on the Garrett-Roper coin. This might well be the finest known of the type. Extremely rare: the cataloguer knows of only five of these including: this; Norweb:2440; Roper:95 ex Garrett:1247; National Numismatic Collection ex Norweb Family donation; a rough looking Extremely Fine or so shown at the 1978 ANA convention in Houston by Patrick Deane and Steve Fenton (Mr. Ford offered $3,000 but was refused. The coin offered to Roper later that year but Roper refused it. It then appeared on the cover of the July, 1979 Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin and was eventually sold to a California collector for $4,000). The census in the Norweb catalogue has been revised. Crosby described this type as ''This piece is eagerly sought by collectors of American coins, but is met with in very few cabinets.'' Crosby knew of only three examples and that number has increased by only two more in the past 125 plus years.
Said ex Waldo Newcomer and Colonel E.H.R. Green Collections. Said by Crosby to have been owned by Matthew Adams Stickney.
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