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Categories • Stack's May 2006 → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 14 → Struck Copies of Colonial and Early Federal Coins → Struck Copies of Massachusetts Silver Coins → By Makers Unknown → As Catalogued by Eric Newman |
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Lot # |
Description |
Grade |
Hammer Price |
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New England Shilling. Newman NC.
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VF |
$3,250.00
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Very Fine. 73.1 gns. The Newman Plate Coin. Very pale silver gray in color. Punches back to back. |
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| 524 |
1665 New England Shilling. Newman NF.
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EF |
$3,000.00
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Extremely Fine. 80.2 gns. The Newman Plate Coin. Nice, deep coin silver gray in color. Extremely rare: the cataloguer has never seen another of these. The legend presumably expands to something like ''Colony of Massachusetts in New England''. Newman reports this copy in copper also. Like the Noe A-C copies, this also seems to trace its roots back to New Hampshire, home of other celebrated... more |
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| 525 |
Oak Tree Shilling. Newman OD.
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VF |
$3,250.00
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Very Fine. 71.4 gns. Medium silver gray. Edges quite ragged as made, planchet split in striking. Rare. |
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| 526 |
1662 Oak Tree Penny
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AM |
$3,200.00
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Altered from an Oak Tree 2d. Crosby, p. 74, Newman, pp. 229-230. About as made. 10.4 gns. The Newman Plate Coin. Nice, rich silver gray with lovely iridescence. Unique: the cataloguer knows of no other at this time. The maker simply altered the reverse to create a denomination that was never authorized. Woodward described it in the Mickley sale as ''This piece was purchased by Mr. Mickley... more |
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| 527 |
1652 Good Samaritan Shilling. Crosby p.68, fig.22
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EAM |
$40,000.00
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exhibited at the 1914 ANS Exhibition. Essentially as made. 73.5 gns. 26.1 mm. Reverse die aligned at 275 degrees. Deep silver gray color on both sides. Obverse well centered, soft at top and right; reverse off center to the upper right, soft at top due to advanced die failure across the top quarter. Undoubtedly unique given the state of the reverse and the fact that no other original (i.e.,... more |
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