1652 Threepence Pine Tree
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The Pine Tree threepence is the smallest standard denomination in the Pine Tree silver series, struck circa 1667 to 1682 at the Hull Mint in Boston. Pine Tree coins were the last Massachusetts design, made from about 1667 until the mint closed in 1682. The first shillings were struck on broad, thin planchets with a rocker press; from about 1675 the shillings were struck on smaller, thicker planchets with a screw press. Sixpences and threepences were made alongside them, and all are dated 1652. Noe numbered the Pine Tree threepences from 34 to 37 (Salmon 1-A to 2a-B), and Salmon dates the first of them to about the time of the first large planchet shilling. Cataloged as PCGS #21.
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