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1722 PENNY Rosa Americana Penny, GEORGIVS AU55

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:28,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1722 PENNY Rosa Americana Penny, GEORGIVS AU55
<B>1722 PENNY Rosa Americana Penny, GEORGIVS AU55 PCGS.</B></I> Breen-110. The GEORGIVS/VTILE DVLCI type is extremely rare. Only four examples are known, two in bath metal (Breen-110) and two in copper (Breen-111). Remarkably, John J. Ford Jr. owned all four pieces, which were auctioned in consecutive lots in Part IX of his vast collection. The present piece is clearly sharper than the only other known bath metal example, the former John L. Roper example, which in a PCGS VF35 holder sold at auction in January 2007 for $20,125. The medium brown and olive surfaces are essentially unabraded, and only a hint of granularity is noted on the rose petals and GRATIA. A fleeting opportunity for the dedicated Early American collector.<BR><I>Ex: Stack's, 1/92, lot 38; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection (Stack's, 5/05), lot 101.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)