 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Oak Tree Shilling. N.4, Cr.3-D. R-4. 72.4 gns. About Uncirculated. A lovely example. The centers are light silver gray and pale gold while the peripheries are a combination of iridescent rose, blue, and pale sea green. The centers are fairly well struck, the peripheries similarly bold with just light softness visible in the letters at the lower obverse right. Obverse a little off center to the bottom, the flan somewhat misshapen for that side; reverse fully centered, as if the planchet shape were chosen to accommodate this die. Obverse planchet split from edge in to E in the legend at about 2:15, mirrored on the reverse at about 9:30.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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