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Oak Tree Shilling
Designed and engraved by: John Hull (American (born in England), 1624–1683)
and: Robert Sanderson, Sr. (American (born in England), 1608–1693)
and: Robert Sanderson, Sr. (American (born in England), 1608–1693)
British Colonial Issue
dated 1652; struck 1660–67
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 25-26.6 mm, 4.5 gm (1 1/16 in., 0.16 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.291
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Noe 5; Crosby 2-D; Breen 18
DescriptionThis has all of the characteristics described by Noe as #5 in his sequence for the Oak Tree Shillings. The obverse is off-center (low) witht the edge of the die showing above the TH at the top of the inscription. The reverse, however, is dramatically off-center, clearly showing the edge of the die at the bottom as well as the extensive die-break through the ND in ENGLAND and the A in AN DOM.