 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Oak Tree Shilling. N.4, Cr.3-D. R-4. 70.3 gns. Choice About Uncirculated. A magnificent example. The obverse and reverse are both medium coin silver gray in color with faint iridescent gold and touches of delicate blue and rose principally on the reverse. Tree soft in the center as struck, peripheral legend a little sharper; full denomination and date, peripheral legend on this side sharp, as well. Obverse slightly off center to the bottom but leaving a considerable extent of extra metal beyond the outer beaded border and the remnant of the die edge visible on the top at about 12:00. Reverse just about perfectly centered, a little off to the left with a fairly broad margin of extra metal on the right beyond the outer beaded border. No real defects requiring special mention here. Usually seen states of the dies for a Noe-4. Noted by Wurtzbach on his collector's ticket as ''very desirable.''
Ex Charles E. Clapp, Carl Wurtzbach, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collections.
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