Recent appearances:
"Overall Fine..." Ex - Strong Museum - Stack's "66th Anniversary Sale", October 16, 2001, Lot 201,
illustrated, where it was described as follows: "1652
Oak Tree Shilling. Noe 6. Overall Fine, weakly impressed obverse.
70.5 grains. ASATHVSETTS only clear in obverse legend, tree is
indistinct with faint graffiti B. Reverse is far more clear with fully
legible legend, value, bold cracks through or near ND ANO. Late obverse
state, severely clashed; reverse broken at right."
Franc Vivalvo offered the following Noe-6 Oak Tree Shilling for $5,600
in the March 15, 2000 issue of Penny-Wise: "Described in a recent auction catalogue as
follows: '1652 Massachusetts Oak Tree Shilling Noe-6, Rarity 7
Fine-12. Glossy bright silvery gray with deeper gray toning in the
protected areas. Well centered with nearly all the legend visible
on both sides. Striking weakness affects the legend at HVS on the
obverse and ENG on the reverse. The only notable defect is a
mint-made fissure in the planchet at the T in MASATHVSETS, and this
fissure also affects the top of the A in ENGLAND on the reverse.
Later die state with the clashmarks affecting the obverse...Weight 66.8
grains.'"
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