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(1659) 4PENCE Lord Baltimore Fourpence VF20

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:14,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
(1659) 4PENCE Lord Baltimore Fourpence VF20
<B>(1659) 4PENCE Lord Baltimore Fourpence VF20 PCGS.</B></I> Crosby Pl. III, 3, Breen-74. A hyphen between TERRAE and MARIAE distinguishes this variety from the unique Small Head Breen-75 fourpence. Breen-74 is also a great rarity. None appeared in the Ford auctions, although he owned one of the famous Maryland denarium, the only Lord Baltimore denomination rarer than the fourpence.<BR> The present lavender-gray example is nearly perfect for the grade. It is struck a couple of degrees off center toward 7:30, affecting only a few dentils. The surfaces are unabraded and free from any roughness. The strike is sharp save for selected softness on the right sides, similar (but to a lesser degree) than the Stack's January 2001 example, which attributed the right-side weakness to "axially misaligned dies on the right." Listed on page 38 of the 2008 <I>Guide Book</B></I>. Population: 1 in 20, 2 finer (12/07).<BR><I>Ex: David Bruce Collection (Heritage, 1/02), lot 5023, which realized $8,913.<BR>From The Liberty Collection of United States Colonial Coinage.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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