 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Sixpence. N.33a, Cr.-, W.64. R-5. 32.0 gns. About Uncirculated. The Noe Plate Coin. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. A superb example and one that is definitely among the best of the variety seen. From the same dies as the preceding but after the obverse had been properly aligned over the reverse roller. Nearly perfectly centered on the front with the inscription full around, only the tops of THVS run off the flan. Full tree, most branches show, both pellets flanking complete, hints of a root structure visible. On the reverse the piece is about perfectly centered with all the letters in the peripheral legend on the flan and the denomination and date full. Described by Carl Wurtzbach on his collector's ticket as ''Unc. Nicely centered. Very rare thus.''
Ex Virgil Brand, Carl Wurtzbach, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collections.
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