 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. N.29, Cr.14-R. R-3. 70.9 gns. Choice About Uncirculated. An exceptional specimen and definitely one of the two nicest ever seen by the cataloguer (the other being the Eliasberg-Hain coin). Both sides of this piece are toned in pale gray, light gold and delicate iridescent blue. The obverse is a little off center to the top leaving some letters in the legend partially off the flan, but the tree is full and the inner beaded border is complete. There are some portions of the root structure that can still be seen. On the reverse the denomination and date are complete, the inner beaded border is whole and the peripheral legend around is a little tight on the flan with some letters at the top running off the edge.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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