(1659) MD 1P Lord Baltimore, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: U.S. Colonial Issues
PCGS VF35BN
- PCGS #:
- 29
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
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- Weight:
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- Mintage:
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- Mint:
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- Metal:
- Copper
- Auction Record:
- $241,500 • AU • 05-01-2004 • Stack's
Major Varieties
- (1659) MD 1P Lord Baltimore, BN
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Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 AU58 estimated grade
John J. Ford Collection - Stack's 5/2004:274, $241,500 - Donald Groves Partrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5618, $199,750 |
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#2 VF35 PCGS grade
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#3 AG3 estimated grade
Stack's 8/2007, 213:$41,400 |
P. Scott Rubin:
The Maryland Penny of Lord Baltimore is an extremely rare coin with currently only seven specimens known. It is a pattern Penny made for a proposed coinage for Maryland by the second Lord Baltimore, struck in England probably in 1658-1659. The Maryland Penny of Lord Baltimore was a Pattern and not a circulating coin. This accounts for the small number of known specimens.
The finest known specimen originated from collections of coins in England. This is not surprising since probably none of the Patterns made it to Maryland. The finest known specimen was graded by NGC as MS-62 when last sold as part of the Donald Partrick collection in January, 2015.
It was Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore, who proposed coinage for his colony of Maryland. The Penny, Fourpence (Groat), Sixpence and Shilling were his idea, however this Penny denomination never made it past the Pattern stage. The other three denominations were coined in silver and did eventually become coinage in Maryland. There has been some question of the coins being considered legal by the English government, but it appears they were deemed legal although there was an initial problem with the exporting of silver coinage out of the country.
The Maryland Penny of Lord Baltimore is the rarest of the Maryland Lord Baltimore issues and also is the only denomination with a different reverse design. The Penny reverse design displays two flags rising from a Crown, while the other three denominations have a reverse showing a Shield with a Crown on top.
The finest known specimen originated from collections of coins in England. This is not surprising since probably none of the Patterns made it to Maryland. The finest known specimen was graded by NGC as MS-62 when last sold as part of the Donald Partrick collection in January, 2015.
It was Cecil Calvert, the 2nd Lord Baltimore, who proposed coinage for his colony of Maryland. The Penny, Fourpence (Groat), Sixpence and Shilling were his idea, however this Penny denomination never made it past the Pattern stage. The other three denominations were coined in silver and did eventually become coinage in Maryland. There has been some question of the coins being considered legal by the English government, but it appears they were deemed legal although there was an initial problem with the exporting of silver coinage out of the country.
The Maryland Penny of Lord Baltimore is the rarest of the Maryland Lord Baltimore issues and also is the only denomination with a different reverse design. The Penny reverse design displays two flags rising from a Crown, while the other three denominations have a reverse showing a Shield with a Crown on top.