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1652 Shilling Oak Tree - "In" at Bottom

Strike Type
1652 Colonials coin

Coin Details

Year
1652
Denomination
Colonials
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Massachusetts Silver Coins (1652-1662)
Designer
John Hull / Robert Sanderson
Composition
Sterling Silver (.925)
Weight
4.67g
Edge
Irregular (hand-cut planchet)

Description

A die variety of the Oak Tree shilling on which the word IN of the obverse legend stands at the bottom of the coin. Oak Tree coins replaced the Willow Tree type in about 1660 and were made until about 1667; Christopher Salmon places the shillings among the coins struck on a rocker press. The shillings, sixpences and threepences are dated 1652, and the twopence, a value first authorized in 1662, is dated 1662. Salmon names each variety by its obverse die (a number) and reverse die (a letter), and the older Noe numbers are given alongside. Several obverse dies place IN at the bottom, among them those of Noe-5 (Salmon 3-D), Noe-7 (5-D), Noe-8 (6-E) and Noe-9 (7-Ei). Cataloged as PCGS #45362.

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