 ''1650'' Pine Tree Shilling. Noe C. Choice Very Fine in appearance. 57.0 gns. The Noe Plate Coin. Rich, deep silver gray with some faint rose iridescence. Some scratches. Unique. Dated two years before the coinage was authorized. This piece was described by Crosby on p.64. It is a third from the Getchell-Brown 1854 transaction. As Noe notes, the last numeral in the date is a 0 and not a misshapen 2. Why the copier decided to date his coins 1650 and not 1652 is a mystery. In any event, while they may have caused some confusion among collectors in the 1860's, they are clearly understood for what they are by today's more experienced buyers. Noe pedigrees the piece to the Shurtleff, DeWitt Smith, and Brand collections, possibly on verbal representations from Fred Boyd.
Ex a Mr. ''Getchell'' of Boscawen, New Hampshire before 1854, Dr. Ami Brown by 1854; unknown intermediaries; T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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