The November 2012 Baltimore Auction - US and World Lots - Live and Internet Only Sessions

Pre-Bidding Ends: 11/16/2012 2:00:00 PM PST
Live Floor and Internet Bidding Begins: 11/16/2012 3:00:00 PM PST

Lot #6003. 1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony Willow Tree Shilling. Noe 3-E, W-200. Rarity-7. VG Details--Rim Damage (PCGS).

Extremely Rare Noe 3-E Willow Tree Shilling
Description: 50.4 grains. A pleasing example of this outstanding rarity, with beautiful blue, violet, and faint gold toning over glossy medium gray surfaces. Clipped to about the weight of a ninepence, but most of the reverse legend remains intact and MASATHVS is mostly present. The tree is soft, as always seen, a confluence of wear and strike, but a significant proportion of the upper reaches of the tree, as well as its trunk and roots, remain visible. The date is only present at the upper extremities, but the denomination is mostly plain. Beautiful surface quality, just a thin criss-crossed pin scratch on the reverse to note in terms of flaws. This piece reminds your cataloger of Stearns:10, but without the plug present on that piece. The magnificent Boyd-Ford coin most recently sold for $230,000 in the August 2010 Heritage sale. The only other Noe 3-E to sell recently was a coin from the wreck of the HMS Feversham, with typical loss of design and weight, that sold in a Canadian auction last summer. Any Willow Tree shilling is an important property -- in real terms they're rarer than NE shillings -- and this one has excellent eye appeal and surface quality despite its period clipping.

PCGS# 16.

From the John "Jack" Royse Collection. Purchased from Richard Picker; paper envelope included.


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