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Pine Tree Sixpence
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 1667–74
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 18.4-18.6 mm, 2 gm (3/4 in., 0.07 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Samuel Abbott Green
Accession Number17.298
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Noe 33; Crosby 1-A; Breen 48
DescriptionThis Pine Tree sixpence is #33 in Noe's sequence. It is characterized by the pellets on either side of the tree trunk, the fact that the obverse is dramatically off-center towards the top of the image, and the very wide spacing between the V and the I in the denomination on the reverse.