 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Oak Tree Shilling. N.3, Cr.9-G. R-6. 71.3 gns. Jumbo planchet, 29.9 x 30.4 mm, larger than the Hain coin. Very Fine. The centers of this piece are light gray with some iridescent gold while the peripheries are a little darker in color. Remarkably, the coin was struck on a jumbo flan with considerable extra metal showing beyond the outer beaded borders on both sides. Central sharpness fairly decent, the tree is full and the date and denomination are completely legible. Peripheral sharpness a little less desirable, the piece soft at the upper right on the obverse and top on the reverse, basically as expected from the die states although the softness on WEN here is due to the strike as opposed to the die wear. Pronounced planchet fissure on the obverse at about 6:00, running into the outer beaded border. Outlines of the obverse die edge visible at the left and bottom, as seen on several others of this N.3 variety, showing the dies were cut inside a square outline on the rollers which coined this Oak Tree shillings.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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