 1724 Rosa Americana Pattern Twopence. MA.B.FRA. Br.99, N. II, 10 plate coin. Choice About Uncirculated. Bath metal. 199.6 gns. 32.3 mm. A gorgeous example, with bright olive green color, bright surfaces, and a superbly sharp strike. Minor surface pitting, short scratches along the king's neck. Very rare: the cataloguer has traced only eight of these including: this; Roper:93; Robison:34; Lauder:148; Norweb:2443; another, ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection (sold to Ed Avery in June, 1984); Eric P. Newman Collection. The present piece described in the October, 1912 issue of The Numismatist (p.365) as the Nelson plate coin.
Ex J.B. Caldecott Collection (Sotheby's, June 11, 1912, lot 363); Spink & Son, Ltd. for Virgil Brand; Brand II Collection (Bowers & Merena, June 18, 1984, lot 950).
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