 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. N.16, Cr.21-L, W.58. R-2. 71.8 gns. Choice About Uncirculated. The Noe Plate Coin. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. An outstanding example, one of the finest seen. Picker's and Oechsner's were both VF and the best of Stearns' seven was graded EF. The finest seen is the Hain coin and this is not far behind that one. The obverse and reverse are light gray with some iridescent gold showing. The front is about perfectly centered, a little better than the piece in the following lot, being just slightly off to the lower right. All the letters in the legend on this side can be fully read and the tree in the center is mostly bold.
On the reverse all the letters in NEWENGLAND AN DO are clear and on the flan, the outer beaded border is mostly complete save at upper right and the central denomination and date are clear. There is a small, nearly imperceptible edge cut on the reverse above the second N. Carl Wurtzbach described this on his collector's ticket as ''Uncirculated Gem.''
Ex Wendell C. Foster, Carl Wurtzbach, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collections.
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