 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Oak Tree Shilling. N.3, Cr.9-G, W-19. R-6. 73. 1 gns. Extremely Fine. The Wurtzbach Plate Coin. An outstanding example of the only variety with NEWENGLAND starting at 1:30 on the reverse. The obverse and reverse of this piece are a medium coin silver gray in color with some light touches of iridescent blue here and there. Central sharpness fairly decent, peripheral sharpness quite poor in character. Obverse considerably off center to the right with the outline of the die edge visible at the bottom and several letters all or partially off the flan. Much better centered on the reverse as expected. Obverse surface a little rough in places, small edge cleft (to use Wurtzbach's word) at the base of the obverse. Reverse surface very rough almost everywhere save in the center, particularly around the periphery at the lower right and upper left with a deep fissure running at that position from about the inner circle to the edge above D. Described on Wurtzbach's collector's ticket as ''excessively rare and very valuable.''
Ex Carl Wurtzbach, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collections.
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