1652 3P Pine Tree MS(PCGS#21)

The September 2011 Philadelphia Americana Sale

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

948

Grade

VF25

Price

2,300

Lot Description

1652 Massachusetts Bay Colony Pine Tree Threepence. Noe-36, W-640. Rarity-4. Without Pellets. VF-25 (PCGS). Deep steel-gray with olive and slate highlights. Not heavily marked but on a crinkled planchet that affects some of the devices. Obverse rim to top of T, then through HVSE, then to tops of TS, some weakness near 9 o'clock. Reverse nicely struck and equally well centered, the rim to the very tops of the letters GLAN, weakness caused by crinkle at 2 o'clock in the beaded circle and at 9 o'clock near the rim. <strong>Off the market for decades</strong>, the presently offered coin is far more pleasing in-hand than our necessarily accurate text suggests; why not take a look and judge for yourself?