1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Noe-6, Salmon 5-Di, W-720. Rarity-6-. Without Pellets at Trunk, Reversed Ns. AU-55 (PCGS).

71.0 grains. A particularly dramatic example of this Noe number, looking very much like a klippe. The planchet is almost a perfect square, in fact, the left and right clipped straight, top slightly rounded, bottom nearly straight and just a bit ragged at the center. The strike is drawn trivially to 6 o'clock on this planchet, lower border beads and those at left and right on both sides missing, legends essentially full, central devices bold to sharp. The lightly toned antique silver surfaces show pale olive highlights. There are no marks of consequence, and the eye appeal is strong. Noe-6 has been missing in any form in such major offerings as the 1970 MHS sale, Norweb, Reed Hawn, and others. The best may be the example discovered in England and sold in RARCOA's session of Auction '81. The fact that Fred Boyd amassed three specimens of Noe-6 likely kept others of his generation and the one that followed from getting one. This variety's states have proven difficult to sort out. In Hain, Noe 6.1 was thought to come before Noe-6. Upon further review, it appears that the standard Noe-6 comes first (Ford:90, et al.), showing some light clash marks at the base of the obverse. The dies fall apart more and reach the state seen on Ford:91. Another clash or other damage followed by serious lapping at IN MA creates the die state seen on Kendall:2381, previously called Noe-6.1. The last state before the complete re-engraving of the base of the reverse to create Noe-7 is seen on the Ford:92-Syd Martin coin, which we call "Noe-6.5", and half in jest.

PCGS# 45372. NGC ID: 2ARX.

Estimate: $10000