Variety equivalents: Crosby 4-C

Rarity: Rare

Notes:
This variety is found on both large and small planchets.  The small planchet version is rarer than the large planchet version and can be found in a variety of weights, ranging from a low of 47.7 grains to a nearly full 71.4 grains.

The Hain Family collection had five examples of this variety.

Images courtesy of Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.

Recent appearances:
PCGS XF-45 (illustrated above).  Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Atlanta 2001 ANA" Signature Sale, August 8-11, 2001, Lot 5005, illustrated, "72.5 grains."

"Extremely Fine" (72.0 grains).  Ex - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 2002, Lot 31, sold for $14,375.00

"Choice Very Fine" (71.6 grains).  Ex - Stack's "Corrado Romano Sale, June 16, 1987, Lot 1 - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 2002, Lot 32, sold for $10,925.00

"PCGS VF-25".  Ex - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 2002, Lot 48 - American Numismatic Rarities, LLC’s “The Classics Sale,” July 25, 2003 , Lot 4, illustrated, "67.9 grains, according to encapsulation", not sold

"Very Fine in places, elsewhere sharpness of Fine" (67.5 grains).  Ex - Tom Elder's sale of October 11, 1924, Lot 2066 (as Very Good) - Hillyer Ryder - F.C.C. Boyd - New Netherlands' 59th sale, June 13, 1967, Lot 1033 (as Very Good to Fine) - Stack's, privately on May 12, 1987 - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 2002, Lot 33, sold for $5,462.50

"Very Fine for sharpness..." (71.4 grains).  Ex - Stack's, privately on May 12, 1987 - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 2002, Lot 34, sold for $3,220.00

"VF-20".  Ex - Stack's, privately on May 12, 1987 - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 2002, Lot 35, sold for $3,450.00 - American Numismatic Rarities "The Classic Sale", July 25, 2003, Lot 3, illustrated, "47.7 grains", sold for $4,715.00

"Very Fine, holed" (illustrated below).  Ex - Early American Numismatics, Inc., Mail Bid Sale April 21, 2001, Lot 1021, where it was described as follows: "1652 MA "Oak Tree" Shilling, Noe-9, Choice Very Fine, holed.  70.0 grains. Struck on an irregularly shaped, out-of-round planchet and holed on the upper left obverse. Surface-wise, this is a choice example for the grade, with nice, glossy surfaces. Some have claimed that this variety is a re-cutting of Noe 8, but we find that hard to believe. Yes, the placement of the letters is similar, but the tree is completely different, the O in DOM is smaller (not larger) and shaped differently, and there are enough differences to convince us that this is a completely different die pair."

Roper, Lot 14

Norweb, Lot 1166, clipped

Picker, Lot 9

Sources and/or recommended reading:
Sydney P. Noe, "The Silver Coinage of Massachusetts" (out-of-print)