1652 Shilling Oak Tree MS(PCGS#20)

March 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1393

等级

AU50

价格

122,240

详细说明

Exceptional Noe-11 Oak Tree Shilling Earlier Ex Ford The Noe and Wurtzbach Plate Coin Breen "Probably Finest Known" 1652 Oak Tree Shilling. Noe-11, Salmon 9-Fi, W-510. Rarity-6. IN at Bottom. AU-50 (PCGS). 69.5 grains. A lovely specimen, finer than the other two examples in the Ford Collection, Norweb's, Oechnser's, the NN 60th sale coin, Roper's, Picker's, all three of Stearns' coins, and both of the 1991 ANS Exhibition coins. In his day, Breen thought this was the finest known and so annotated a list of Boyd's Oak tree coins (that was donated to the ANS). In today's market, we are aware of only one other certified Noe-11 Oak Tree shilling that can challenge this coin -- the Vlack-Hain Family-Troy Wiseman-Liberty Collection specimen in PCGS AU-53. Nice medium silver-gray in color on the obverse with areas of iridescent blue and gold toning. The reverse is lighter gray with some larger areas of iridescent gold and pale blue visible. Strong tree with full trunk and root structure showing. Letters in the peripheral legend on this side soft at the lower right and along almost the entire left side. Reverse softer now than seen on the obverse, letters in the peripheral legend from about 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock quite soft although still fully legible. Central detail sharp, as usual. Small planchet flaw in the obverse center at lower left, some lighter ones visible here and there, reverse a little rough through the lower third of the coin. Die states about as seen on most others of this variety. Described by Carl Wurtzbach as: "Excessively rare in this condition. A very unusual specimen of this rare variety in that the tree is sharply struck. Usually it is only weakly struck. From the famous Virgil Brand Collection." A leading highlight of the Massachusetts Bay Colony silver offerings in this sale, and a rare offering. Provenance: Ex Carl Wurtzbach; T. James Clarke; F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XII, October 2005, lot 34; Heritage's Baltimore ANA Auction of July-August 2008, lot 1472. The Noe and Wurtzbach plate coin. PCGS# 20. Click here for certification details from PCGS.