1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Small Planchet. Noe-29, Salmon 11-F, W-930. Rarity-3. MS-61 (PCGS).
71.0 grains. An outstanding example of this Noe number, and a coin that will certainly impress specialists. Both sides show abundant mint frost, the surfaces lightly toned in pale golden-gray overall, peripheries with blushes of warmer reddish-russet that are more prevalent on the obverse. The impression on that side of the coin is flush to right border, pretty much centered on 3 o'clock, with a full outer border along that side. From 6 to 12 o'clock the edge is through the peripheral lettering, planchet also lightly flawed at upper left. The letters SETS IN and intervening rosette are full, inner border complete, tree sharp and crisp everywhere. The reverse is better centered, although the tight planchet took virtually none of the outer border with the edge tight to many letters. The legend on that side is complete, nonetheless, date, denomination and inner border all bold. In the absence of notable marks, the aforementioned flan flaw and a few smaller ones at the letter N on lower reverse serve as the most useful identifiers. When cataloged for our Spring 2023 Auction, we described the Boyd-Ford-Partrick coin from these dies as, "An exceptional specimen, and definitely one of the two nicest that we have ever handled for this die pairing (the other is the Eliasberg-Hain coin)." The Martin coin in this current offering is superior to both, stands as the only Mint State example that your cataloger (JLA) can recall handling (there are none in Heritage's online archives, either), and is eagerly awaiting inclusion in another advanced Massachusetts silver cabinet.
PCGS# 892776. NGC ID: 2ARZ.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier from the Lawrence R. Stack Collection, November 2006. Anthony Terranova and Sydney F. Martin collector envelopes included, along with additional collector tags, each with attribution notes.

Estimate: $14000