1723 Farth Hibernia, D:G:REX, BN MS(PCGS#173)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1111

Grade

MS62BN

Price

528

Lot Description

70.9 grains. Frosty, generally copper-brown surfaces retain faint traces of pinkish-rose mint color at upper obverse, around the top of King George's head. There is also some lighter autumn-brown patina here and there around the peripheries on both sides, indicating where original mint color was last to fade. The strike is complete and generally sharp, the fields modestly semi-reflective when the coin is viewed at direct light angles. A distinctive rarity in the series, the only die variety of 1723 farthings to employ the D: G: REX obverse. Syd Martin's study of die states revealed that this obverse was used with a 1723-dated reverse before its 1722-dated mate, making this elusive marriage a likely prototype.