![Undated [1652] Massachusetts Bay Colony. New England Shilling. N.III-C, Cr. I,3. R-6. 70.9 gns. Extremely...](http://www.stacksarchive.com/gallery/ST1005b/00/ST1005b0004t2.jpg "Undated [1652] Massachusetts Bay Colony. New England Shilling. N.III-C, Cr. I,3. R-6. 70.9 gns. Extremely...") Undated [1652] Massachusetts Bay Colony. New England Shilling. N.III-C, Cr. I,3. R-6. 70.9 gns. Extremely Fine. The Noe Census #11 Coin. Light silver gray in color on both sides with some very faint, pale blue overtones. There are one or two light scratches, principally on the obverse. NE punch entered onto the planchet fairly straight, the right side of the cartouche indistinct but the letters mostly sharp despite the fact that the second has begun to fail (more pronouncedly on the piece in the preceding lot). On the reverse the denominational punch was entered more sharply to the upper right than the lower left resulting in considerable loss of detail on the left and bottom left sides of the cartouche and most of the left side of the first numeral in the denomination. Given the number of repunchings seen on NE shillings, it must not have been an easy job to strike the planchets correctly so that the denominational and the ethnic punches came up strongly in every case. Rare: as noted, fewer than 20 have been examined so far. Breen described this coin for the 1956 catalogue that never was as '' Ex. Fine, the NE weakly double struck as on Crosby Plate I No.3, which the obverse of this coin closely resembles. Few faint scratches; reverse insignificant edge nick. Ex Newcomer Coll. No.3026; the piece cost Newcomer $150, but should bring more today.''
Ex Waldo Newcomer, T. James Clarke, F.C.C. Boyd Collections.
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