 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Oak Tree Shilling. Noe 5. 53.8 gns. Very Good, or a trifle finer. Tree is weak on the obverse, which is as much the effect of wear as it is the effect of a worn and fading obverse die. The coin has been contemporaneously clipped down quite evenly, leaving only the letters 'SATHVSE' on the obverse and cutting off the tops of all letters on the reverse. Reverse is quite boldly defined on this glossy silver-gray survivor of early Massachusetts coinage.
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