1652 MASSACHUSETTS
"OAK TREE" SHILLING -
NOE 11
Variety equivalents: Crosby
6b-E2
Rarity: Very Rare
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Images courtesy of Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.
Significant examples:
"XF-40" (illustrated
above). Ex - Vlack collection - Stack's "Hain Family" January 2002, Lot 37, sold for $15,525.00
- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc. "Long Beach Sale",
September 18-20, 2003, Lot 5001, illustrated, " ...72.3 grains. Die crack (as
made) through THV in MASATHVSETS, and a mint-made die break connects EW in
NEW. A bold and glossy example with minor abrasions on the top of the 1 in
the date and near the branches below the S in MASATHVSETS. The surfaces
are slightly buckled, as made..." - Stack's Public Auction Sale,
December 2-3, 2003, Lot 1, sold for $17,250.00
Sources and/or
recommended reading:
Sydney P. Noe, "The Silver Coinage of
Massachusetts"
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