Wood’s Hibernia 1723 Farthing GTG

That is true. Due to the typical weak reverse strike, any wear there makes the coin looks more worn that it really is. But there is clearly a good bit of wear on the OP's obverse.

Here are my Woods Hibernia Farthing and Halfpenny, graded AU-50 and AU-58 respectively. Note that these obverses are stronger and less worn than the obverse on the OP's coin and the reverses are also stronger. Hence, I voted XF-45 which I think is the correct grade. Although, as we all know, graders sometimes disagree with us.

 

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@ddddd is the winner, with honorary mention to @johnmilton! Everyone else’s estimates were two or more grades low. I think @johnmilton’s assessment regarding striking is correct. In hand the coin looks very lightly circulated, with extremely crisp lettering and a bit of luster under the chocolate brown surfaces. I suspect it may have gotten a bump for eye appeal as well.

 

Told ya I was playing out of my league!

 

I looked through some completed sales and there’s a pretty wide range of strike quality for this issue. Both of yours are on the better end. Here’s a couple I saw on the lower end, both graded by NGC as AU55. Also I haven’t even begun to try to attribute mine, and am sure that some of the varieties and die states come with more detail than others.

Based on completed sales I got my coin for a low price. If it had been “all there” in terms of both strike and surfaces it probably would have cost more and may have been graded 58 or even MS.