 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. N.22, Cr.16-L. R-6. 71.4 gns. Choice Very Fine. A solidly collectable example of this very scarce variety, about on a par with the second Hain coin and Norweb's piece. Both sides are lightly toned in pale gray, iridescent gold and deep blue shades. The obverse is about perfectly centered with a fairly sharp tree, full root structure and all the letters in the peripheral legend fully legible, just the first two being a little soft. The reverse is off center to the bottom with the edge of the die showing at the upper left, the tops of D AN running off the flan. Struck from the broken state of the reverse, as seen in the Noe plate.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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