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Pine Tree Shilling (small)
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 1675–82
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 23-23.7 mm, 4.1 gm (15/16 in., 0.14 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.295
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Noe 29; Crosby 14-R; Breen 61
DescriptionThis small planchet Pine Tree Shilling is #29 in Noe's sequence. It is characterized by the obviously upward-curving bottom branches of the tree, the double-image created by the re-cut M in the inscription and the fact that the reverse inscription is punctuated only with colons.