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Browse Catalogue of Stack's October 2005 New York Auction Limited to: The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 1 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 12-I. Print these Realized Prices! You'll need the Adobe PDF Reader to view and/or print the prices realized sheet. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 73 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet GEM UNC $42,500.00 The Small Tree. Noe 1, Crosby 12-I, Wurtzbach 47. Rarity-2. 70.0 gns. Gem Uncirculated. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. Outstanding quality for one of these, one of the best ever seen by the cataloguer. A spectacular example with wonderful toning and great color. Both sides are a rich coin silver gray with beautiful iridescent blue and pale rose on the obverse, light blue, pale rose and very...  more 74 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet GEM UNC $37,500.00 The Small Tree. N.1, Cr.12-I. R-2. 73.9 gns. Gem Uncirculated. The Noe Plate VI, f Plate Coin. A lovely example. The obverse and reverse of this piece are a lovely rich coin silver gray in color with traces of iridescent gold principally around the peripheries and across much of the reverse surface. The fields are a little granular in appearance but they do not detract from the sharpness...  more 75 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet CH EF $29,000.00 The Small Tree. N.1, Cr.12-I. R-2. 71.0 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. A nice example of the first of the large planchet shillings. The obverse is medium gray with iridescent gold, pale blue and rose while the reverse is about the same shade gold but with considerably more iridescent blue and rose showing mainly in the center. On the obverse the tree is sharp, the root structure is clear...  more 76 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet EF $20,000.00 The Small Tree. N.1, Cr.12-I. R-2. 72.2 gns. Extremely Fine. An attractive and remarkably toned example in dramatic iridescent shades of gold, rose and very pale blue over nice light gray. Struck on a fairly broad flan with most of the letters in the peripheral legend on the obverse on flan save for the very tops of MA. The tree on this side is sharp except for the very top of its branches...  more 77 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet EF $20,000.00 The Small Tree. N.1, Cr.12-I. R-2. 72.0 gns. Extremely Fine. Both sides of this piece are medium silver gray in color. The obverse is very well centered with all of the letters in the legend on flan, even those at the bottom. The tree is sharp and bold. On the reverse the piece is a little off center to the top (unusual in a Noe-1) with the tops of LAND A running off the flan. There...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 2 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 4-F. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 78 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet CH EF $16,000.00 The Straight Tree. N.2, Cr.4-F. R-5. 72.5 gns. Choice Extremely Fine, a better than usual grade for one of these. N.2 seems to come most frequently in VF condition. EFs are quite scare and choice ones are really rare. The fact that none of the four Boyd-Ford coins are better than Choice EF shows that this is about as good as it gets for the variety. The obverse is bright silver gray...  more 79 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet CH EF $16,500.00 The Straight Tree. N.2, Cr.4-F. R-5. 74.4 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. A remarkable looking large flan Pine Tree shilling. Both the obverse and reverse are toned in iridescent gold, rose, pale blue and very delicate sea green shades. The color schemes are quite dramatic in appearance and wreath the central devices. On the front the tree is sharp, strong and the root structure is full....  more 80 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet EF $12,000.00 The Straight Tree. N.2, Cr.4-F, W.42. R-5. 70.4 gns. Extremely Fine. The Noe Plate Coin. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. The obverse and reverse are both toned in a rich coin silver gray shade. The tree is mostly complete although soft at its tops with the root structure clear. The letters in the legend around are almost all entirely on flan although they are soft in places, essentially as...  more 81 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet EF $7,500.00 The Straight Tree. N.2, Cr.4-F, W.42A. R-5. 72.0 gns. Extremely Fine. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. Both sides of this example are toned in deep silver gray shades. There is a pronounced and fairly noticeable S-shaped bend in the planchet, as made. The tree is sharp, the root structure is clear and the letters in the obverse are a little off flan as usually seen on a Noe-2. On the reverse...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 3 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 3-F. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 82 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. N.3, Cr.3-F CH EF $55,000.00 R-6. 73.7 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. Crosby II, 2 Plate Coin. Lovely quality for one of these rare Noe 3s. Hain's best was an AU. Garrett and Norweb both had an AU. Roper's was EF, Oechsner's was a VF ex NN's 48th Sale and the NN 60th coin was a VF. This is another of those remarkable Pine Tree shillings from this collection that has wonderful eye appeal. Both sides are bright silver gray...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 4 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 5-B1. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 83 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N GEM UNC $40,000.00 N.4, Cr.5-B1, W.43. R-4. 69.4 gns. Gem Uncirculated. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. Outstanding quality for one of these, one of the finest seen, nicer than the Norweb-Hain Noe 4 and the Roper-Hain ''N.4.5'' coins, for example. Both sides are toned in light gray with iridescent blue and pale gold showing. The piece has full mint lustre and frost and is lightly reflective when angled through...  more 84 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N UNC $30,000.00 N.4, Cr.5-B.1. R-4. 72.7 gns. Uncirculated. Another very lovely example of this variety. On a par for technical grade with both Unc Hain coins (ex Roper and ex Norweb) and far nicer than Picker's. Both sides of this example are toned in that rich gray and gold combination that seems to characterize some of the Pine Tree shilling varieties. On this specimen the letters in the obverse...  more 85 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N CH AU $19,000.00 N.4, Cr.5-B.1. R-4. 76.5 gns. Choice About Uncirculated. An attractive specimen that some might prefer grading Unc. This is one of the nicest seen of the late state Noe 4 Shilling that has its own ''Noe number'' (''N.4.5''). The obverse is light gray and pale russet while the reverse has toned in a spectacular combination of iridescent blue, rose, light gold and pale gray. There is...  more 86 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N AU $17,000.00 N.4, Cr.5-B1. R-4. 69.8 gns. About Uncirculated. A final attractive example of this variety with the distinctive backward N in ENGLAND on the reverse. Both the obverse and reverse of this specimen are toned in a nice rich coin silver gray shade. There are suggestive hints of iridescent blue and rose showing in the centers. The surfaces have hints of original mint frost and lustre in...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 5 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 5-B2. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 87 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N AU $11,000.00 N.5, Cr.5-B2. R-4. 69.2 gns. About Uncirculated. Outstanding quality and one of the finest seen. Both sides are toned in light gray with hints of iridescent rose showing. The fields are bright and somewhat reflective and have pleasing iridescence when angled through the light. On the obverse the tree is sharp and the root structure is clear while the letters in the legend around are...  more 88 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N AU $12,000.00 N.5, Cr.5-B2. R-4. 72.1 gns. About Uncirculated. A pleasing example and also one of the finest seen. Both the obverse and reverse are light silver gray in color. There are traces of original mint frost visible in the fields in places on both sides. The central devices are much better struck than seen on the Noe coin, to which this is a very close twin in terms of centering and overall...  more 89 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N CH EF $15,000.00 N.5, Cr.5-B2, W.44. R.4. 69.4 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. A final high grade example of the variety. The obverse and reverse of this piece are both toned in a rich silver gray with iridescent blue highlights. The surfaces are lustrous, somewhat frosty, and have a pleasing iridescence when angled through the light (due principally to the S-shaped bend imparted...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 6 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 5a-B2. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 90 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N EF $14,000.00 N.6, Cr.5a-B2. R-6. 73.4 gns. Extremely Fine. Outstanding quality for one of these very scarce N.6s. EF is a high grade for a Noe 6, see the similarly graded Hain coin, for example, as well as the two others to follow this lot. F.C.C. Boyd had his pick of the best from the best and if he chose an EF then that was the best he could find. Both sides of this example are toned in pale...  more 91 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N EF $14,000.00 N.6, Cr.5a-B2. R-6. 68.5 gns. Extremely Fine. A second unusually high grade example of the very scarce N.6 variety. The obverse is toned in light gray with iridescent blue and rose showing while the back is a more even pale gray with gold in the center and a touch of iridescent blue at the right rim. The piece is struck on a somewhat irregular planchet but the obverse inscription is...  more 92 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N EF $13,000.00 N.6, Cr.5a-B2, W.63. R-6. 69.2 gns. Extremely Fine. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. The 1914 ANS Exhibition Coin. A final high grade example of this very scarce variety. The obverse is light gray and iridescent blue with some gold showing while the reverse is mostly gray with some pale gold at the top. Struck from much later states of the dies than usually seen, perhaps equivalent to an...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 7 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 7-B3. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 93 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Tall Tree GEM UNC $70,000.00 Backwards N. N.7, Cr.7-B3, W.45. R-6+. 71.4 gns. Gem Uncirculated. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. A magnificent specimen. As Wurtzbach described the piece on his collector's ticket, this Pine Tree shilling is unexcelled in terms of its quality and desirability. Both the obverse and reverse are beautifully toned. The front is light gray with hints of pale russet around the periphery. The...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 8 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 1b-D. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 94 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Monogram NE GEM UNC $47,500.00 N.8, Cr.1b-D, W.39]. R-4. 71.8 gns. Gem Uncirculated. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. An exceptional specimen of this distinctive variety in almost every aspect. Both sides are rich gray with iridescent gold showing. There is bright mint lustre and frost visible particularly on the reverse, fully justifying Carl Wurtzbach's description of this piece as ''Unc. Gem Specimen''. The front shows...  more 95 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Monogram NE UNC $40,000.00 N.8, Cr.1b-D. R-4. 71.4 gns. Uncirculated. Outstanding quality for a Noe 8. Norweb settled for EF in her Noe 8s as did Picker and Roper. The best of Stearns' two was an AU. This is another lovely example of the variety and one that is nearly unimprovable. Both the obverse and reverse are spectacularly toned in iridescent rose, pale blue and light gold shades. The color scheme is quite...  more 96 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Monogram NE CH EF $18,000.00 N.8, Cr.1b-D. R-4. 70.8 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. Both sides are spectacularly toned in iridescent rose and russet with pale blue and light gray showing in places. On the front the tree is mostly sharp, clear, and bold showing the full split trunk and most of the branch detail. It is slightly soft on the highest point of the S bend, principally because on this planchet there was insufficient...  more 97 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Monogram NE CH EF $17,000.00 N.8, Cr.1b-D. R-4. 71.0 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. A spectacularly toned Noe-8. On this piece the front has iridescent gold, rose, and pale blue while the back is a richer combination of iridescent rose and blue with pleasing gold and pale blue showing. The tree is a little soft in the center but most of the branches can be made out. The letters in the legend have become softer on...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 9 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 1b-C. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 98 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N CH EF $22,000.00 N.9, Cr.1b-C, W.38. R-6. 73.3 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. A rather nice example with outstanding quality for one of these, nicer than Hain's better coin, Norweb's, and a rival to the Noe plate coin (ex T. James Clarke and F.C.C. Boyd) that Mr. Ford sold in NN's 60th Sale. Both sides are toned in deep gray with iridescent blue and very pale gold showing. The...  more Categories  •  Stack's October 2005 New York → The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins → Pine Tree Coins → Large Planchet Pine Tree Shillings → Noe 10 Pine Tree Shilling. Crosby 1a-C. Lot # Description Grade Hammer Price 99 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N UNC $27,500.00 N.10, Cr.1a-C, W.37. R-3. 73.3 gns. Uncirculated. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. Wonderful quality for one of these, far nicer than Hain's better piece, Norweb's Choice EF, and the extremely nice piece in NN's 60th sale (ex Clarke-Boyd duplicates). Lovely rich gray and iridescent blue and gold toning can be seen on both sides. There are traces of original mint frost in some of the protected...  more 100 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N AU $20,000.00 N.10, Cr.1a-C. R-3. 70.7 gns. About Uncirculated. An attractive example of a variety that usually comes VF and for which an EF is cause for rejoicing. Both the obverse and reverse are rich gray with some iridescent gold showing. On the front the tree is mostly sharp and the root structure shows. The letters in the legend around are a little soft at the bottom, elongated at the top and...  more 101 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N AU $15,000.00 N.10, Cr.1a-C. R-3. 73.0 gns. About Uncirculated. A lovely example of a variety almost always found in much lower grade. The obverse is light gray with iridescent gold while the reverse is a darker shade of gray with an even deeper toning band running horizontally the upper third of the coin. The tree on the front is sharp and bold, the split trunk is clear, some root detail can be...  more 102 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Backwards N CH EF $13,000.00 N.10, Cr.1a-C. R-3. 73.0 gns. Choice Extremely Fine. The Noe Plate Coin. A spectacularly toned specimen, the obverse a combination of iridescent blue, gold, and pale rose, the reverse a bright and lustrous combination of pale gold and iridescent blue. The tree on the front is a little soft, due to the later state of the die, the ''bird's nest'' break here being more advanced. The letters...  more Page 1 of 2  •  First  Previous  Next  Last  • Goto Page

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