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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: 24 mm, 4.7 gm (15/16 in., 0.17 oz.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Miss Rebecca Salisbury
Accession Number92.1533
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Noe 19; Crosby 20-L; Breen 54
DescriptionThis small planchet Pine Tree Shilling is #19 in Noe's sequence. The characteristics of this variety are the faint "roots" angled to the left beneath the tree, the fact that the tree points slightly to the right of the V in the inscription, and the small S's in MASATHVSETS, where the first one is much fatter at the bottom. The reverse shows advanced wear and breaking of the die, especially through the center of the denomination and at the bottom around the inscription. An earlier state of this reverse die can be seen on Noe #16 (01.4957).
ProvenanceCollection of Anna P. Jones (1807/8-1862/3?), Boston; to Rebecca S. Salisbury (1826/27-December 30, 1891), Boston, by bequest; to MFA, January 1892, bequest.