![Undated [1652] Massachusetts Bay Colony. New England Sixpence. N.2-B, Cr. unlisted, Breen 10. R-7+....](http://www.stacksarchive.com/gallery/ST1005b/00/ST1005b0005t2.jpg "Undated [1652] Massachusetts Bay Colony. New England Sixpence. N.2-B, Cr. unlisted, Breen 10. R-7+....") Undated [1652] Massachusetts Bay Colony. New England Sixpence. N.2-B, Cr. unlisted, Breen 10. R-7+. 38.3 gns. Very Fine. The Noe Plate Coin. The Breen Plate Coin. Pale gray and rose in color on both sides. Planchet surface smoother than usually seen on a NE Sixpence. Several light scratches on both sides, two noticeable digs on the obverse, one smaller one at the lower left on the reverse, edge test cut visible on the reverse at about 2:45. NE punch entered sharply into the top of the coin, well placed and axially aligned, with sharp letters and a near complete outline of the cartouche. On the reverse the denominational punch was entered a little too sharply to the lower left, resulting in the lower and upper right portions of the cartouche outline being soft, as well as the base of the second numeral in the denomination. NE and denominational punches entered back to back. Edge rounded. Extremely rare: at the time Noe wrote (1947) the N.2-B NE Sixpence was unique. The cataloguer has traced four (two of which will never be sold) including this, Newman Collection, a VF in the Ted Craige Estate and the one in the National Numismatic Collection ex Norweb. There was a curious fifth published in the Autumn, 1990 issue of the Rare Coin Review that was weighed at 39.2 gns. and was said to have been overstruck on a Spanish 1 Real.
Most numismatists believe that the Noe 4 NE Sixpence was an early circulating counterfeit. Breen described this coin for the proposed 1956 catalogue as '' NE Sixpence. Noe 4, unique. This is the variety with the thin, delicate letters for obverse punch. It is F-VF but with slight signs of mishandling. At the time of Noe's publication 11 years ago, only one of this variety was known as against at least three of the 'heavy NE' variety; no other has been reported to date. Ex Gibbs, originally ex Waldo Newcomer who paid $1250 for this unique variety.'' Very delicate letters engraved by a skilled hand. Both punches within cartouches that follow the outlines of the shapes of NE and XII but not as closely as seen on dies 1-A. Serifs on [N]E well finished.
Provenance as stated above.
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