1652 Shilling Pine Tree, Large Planchet, Pellets MS(PCGS#45369)

August 2018 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Philadelphia, PA

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

170

等级

AU58

价格

98,517

详细说明

Choice AU 1652 Pine Tree Shilling Noe-1 Large Planchet Ex Hain Family Collection 1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Noe-1, Salmon 1-A, W-690. Rarity-2. Pellets at Trunk. AU-58 (NGC). 73.0 grains. A broad and beautiful Large Planchet Pine Tree shilling in a superb state of preservation. Delicate old cabinet toning is pleasantly mottled in shades of deep gray, slate blue, and olive with traces of lustre in areas. A coin of astounding dimensions for the issue, with all the detail of the dies present and some unstruck area outside the beading, though the coin was trimmed at its time of minting with two straight clips truncating the coin at right and left in addition to the loss of a few beads on the right rim. Despite the trimming, this coin is still large and heavy for the issue. Dies heavily clashed at the base of the obverse, with XII inverted beneath the tree, planchet ragged at 12:00, affecting ND of ENGLAND more than the legend on the obverse. A simply beautiful example of this well-rendered and very popular Large Planchet variety, one with the personality of the era without enduring the insults of heavy circulation. This piece is instantly recognizable as the Hain Family specimen, first offered by us in the January 2002 sale of their incomparable collection. Featured in lot 89, it was one of six (!) examples of the Noe-1 die pair included in the sale, out of 180 pieces of Massachusetts silver coinage in across all types and denominations. Provenance: Ex our (Stack's) sale of the Hain Family Collection of Massachusetts Silver Coins, Part I, January 2002, lot 89; our (American Numismatic Rarities') sale of the Red Bank Collection, December 2003, lot 332; Heritage's sale of May 2012, lot 3002. PCGS# 23. Click here for certification details from NGC.