Variety equivalents:
Crosby 1-A1, Breen 50

Rarity: Very Scarce

Notes:
The Hain Family collection had only one example of this variety.

The obverse die of this variety was also used later (without reworking) on:
Noe 35

The reverse die of this variety was also used later (after the die was reworked) on:
Noe 35

Attribution tips:
On Noe 34, the D in England is oriented properly
One Noe 35, the D in England is rotated 180 degrees

Images courtesy of Superior Galleries

Significant examples:
PCGS AU-53 (illustrated above, 17.3 grains).  Ex - Superior Stamp & Coin's "Pre-Long Beach Sale", June 5-7, 2000, Lot 2, where it was described as follows: "1652 Mass Pine Tree Threepence N34 R5 PCGS AU50 Glossy medium gray with lighter silvery gray toning on the highpoints. The details are sharply struck up and the surfaces are lustrous. Close to Mint State, just a bit of light friction on the highpoints and no contact marks or planchet defects. The obverse is struck slightly off center to K-12.5, the reverse to K-10.5. Far superior to the Norweb example, although that piece was centered a bit better. Weight listed on the PCGS label as 17.3 grains."

"Extremely Fine" (18.4 grains).  Ex - Auctions by Bowers and Merena "Princeton-Ingle Collections", September 8, 1986, Lot 658 - Robert Vlack collection - Stack's "Hain Family Collection", January 15, 2002, Lot 170, "...The 1991 ANS Exhibition Coin (No.133)...", sold for $4,140.00

PCGS VF-25.  Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc., "Pre-Long Beach Sale", September 15, 2993, Lot 2, unattributed, sold for $2,185.00

Norweb

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

"Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins" by Walter Breen (purchase a copy by clicking on the title)