 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. N.30, Cr.13-S, W.48. R-3. 70.7 gns. Extremely Fine. The Noe Plate Coin. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. A nice specimen and one of the best seen. The obverse is toned in a spectacular rose and blue over silver gray while the reverse is light gray with some touches of pale russet. The obverse is much better centered than usually seen on a Noe-30 with the tree full, root structure partially visible, complete inner beaded border and most letters in the peripheral legend either fully legible and completely on the flan or just about half off. On the reverse the peripheral legend is full at the top, right and bottom but runs off the flan at the left. The central denomination and date and the inner beaded border are all complete.
Ex Carl Wurtzbach, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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