 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony. Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. The Straight Tree. N.2, Cr.4-F. R-5. 72.5 gns. Choice Extremely Fine, a better than usual grade for one of these. N.2 seems to come most frequently in VF condition. EFs are quite scare and choice ones are really rare. The fact that none of the four Boyd-Ford coins are better than Choice EF shows that this is about as good as it gets for the variety. The obverse is bright silver gray with hints of mint lustre showing around some letters in the periphery. The tree is sharp and bold, the root structure is clear and the letters in the peripheral legend around are about as present on flan as they are usually found on a Noe-2 Pine Tree shilling. The reverse is centered about as expected for one of these, a little off at the top because the die was too broad for the planchet size but every one of the letters in the legend legible, nevertheless.
Ex F.C.C. Boyd Collection.
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