1652 Shilling Oak Tree - Spiny Tree
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Description
A distinctive die variety of the Oak Tree shilling characterized by a tree with unusually angular, pointed branches that give the trunk and crown a thorny or spiny appearance rather than the rounded, leafy profile seen on most Oak Tree dies. 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. This is Noe-14 (Salmon 11a-Gi), described as the last Oak Tree shilling before the Pine Tree design; Salmon 11-G (Noe-13.6) comes from similar dies. Cataloged as PCGS #45364.
Rarity Notes
R-4 (Heritage)
Cross References
Noe-14; Salmon 11a-Gi; W-530
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