 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. N.29, Cr.14-R, W.49. R-3. 70.9 gns. About Uncirculated. The Noe Plate Coin. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. A second lovely example. Both sides are deep gray in the fields, somewhat lighter in shade on the high points. The tree on the obverse is full and some of its root structure can be seen. The inner beaded border is complete and the peripheral legend is not only fully legible but is entirely on the flan. There are actually portions of the outer beaded border of dots visible on this side. On the reverse the central denomination and date are complete, the peripheral legend is completely legible except for some letters on the left which have run off the flan and there are portions of the outer beaded border still remaining. Carl Wurtzbach described this coin on his collector's ticket as ''Unc. One of the best. Unusually well struck. Gem coin. Clapp-Wurtzbach collections.''
Ex Charles E. Clapp, Carl Wurtzbach, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collections.
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