1662 Twopence Oak Tree
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The Oak Tree twopence is unique among Massachusetts Bay Colony silver coins in bearing the date 1662 rather than the ubiquitous 1652 found on all other denominations. 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. The twopence is the only Massachusetts coin dated 1662, the year the value was authorized. Salmon traces every twopence to one pair of dies whose reverse was recut over time, and groups them as 1-A (small 2 in the date, Noe 29-31) and 1-B (large 2, Noe 32-34). Cataloged as PCGS #17.
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Noe-29 to Noe-34; Salmon 1-A; Salmon 1-B
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