 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. N.16, Cr.21-L. R-2. 72.3 gns. Choice About Uncirculated. A second lovely specimen of this variety. This is a sharp example and one that could almost be used as a textbook illustration of a Massachusetts small planchet Pine Tree shilling. Both sides are rich gray in color with a very delicate hint of pale blue iridescence. The surfaces suggest some mint frost still remaining on both sides, the reverse in particular. On the front the tree is sharp, the inner beaded border is complete and the letters in the legend around are sharp, full and on the flan. The outer beaded border is partially complete, lacking only at the right. The piece was struck slightly off center on this side to the right, creating a pronounced extra border of metal on the left.
The reverse is a little better centered than the front, just a bit off to the upper left with some extra metal showing at the lower right. The denomination and date are full and bold, the inner beaded border is complete, the letters in the legend around are sharp save for the very top and are fully legible and the outer beaded border is complete save for the very top.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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