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

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4001

等级

MS65

价格

468,301

详细说明

Lovely Noe-1 Large Planchet Pine Tree Shilling The Noe Plate Coin 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Noe-1, W-690. Rarity-2. Middle Die State. Pellets at Trunk. MS-65+ (NGC). 73.9 grains. The obverse and reverse of this piece are a lovely rich coin silver-gray with traces of iridescent gold principally around the peripheries and across much of the reverse. The fields are a little granular in appearance but this does not detract from the sharpness of the central designs. On the obverse the tree is sharp and bold and the root structure is clear. Both pellets flanking the trunk are sharp. The letters in the legend around MASATHVSETS IN are sharp, legible, and fully on the flan. On the reverse the denomination and date are bold and the letters in the legend NEWENGLAND AN DOM are also sharp and bold. This piece has the typical S-shaped bend in it, the result of coining in a roller press (as all large planchets were). The obverse shows the fairly typical incused XII from the reverse denomination and traces of O from DOM on the reverse above MAS on the obverse; the dies were clearly spaced too closely together on the press in which there was no strip between them, resulting in clashing typically seen on pieces struck on screw presses. Numismatic Reflections by Q. David Bowers If just a single American colonial coin were selected to represent this coinage era, a good candidate would be the 1652-dated Pine Tree shilling, especially the Noe-1 variety. Louis E. Eliasberg felt the same way and showcased his example of Noe-1 in certain publicity. In a discussion some years ago with Ken Bressett, Ken and I both agreed that this was, indeed, the "poster coin" of that era. The present piece is in incredibly high condition and, beyond that, is the Noe plate coin. We expect all bets to be off and the entire room up for grabs when this crosses the block. Although, today in 2013, a lot of excitement will be on the Internet, but we still expect bids from all directions. If you are the buyer of this you will have a classic treasure. PCGS# 45369. Provenance: Ex: F.C.C. Boyd Collection; and from our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XII, October 2005, lot 74. The Noe Plate VI, f Plate Coin. NGC Census: 1; 2 finer (Mint State-67 finest) within the Pellets Pine Tree 1S designation.