1652 3P Pine Tree, No Pellets MS(PCGS#45366)

1652 3P Pine Tree, No Pellets MS (PCGS#45366)

October 2018 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

详细说明: Choice XF Pine Tree Threepence Ex John Carter Brown Library Sale 1652 Massachusetts Pine Tree threepence. Noe-36, Salmon 2-B, W-640. Rarity-4. EF-45 (PCGS). 15.9 grains. An especially lovely example of this underrated denomination. Ideally centered on both sides, with unusually complete legends and a superbly defined central device. The metal quality is unbeatably choice, with old pale blue toning and gold highlights and smooth, glossy fields. A tiny natural flaw is seen at the obverse border below 3:00, and only the most trivial post-striking marks are noted. A light scrape across SA near 3:00 on the obverse is well hidden and blended in. This die state shows a large cud at the upper right obverse, but the H of MASATHVSETS has not been re-engraved, as it is on the later Noe-37 die state. None of the Kendall Foundation Noe-36 specimens were this nice, and even many of the higher condition coins in major sales lacked this coin's superb centering and aesthetic appeal. Though largely forgotten amidst greater attention and market demand paid to the larger shillings, the diminutive threepence are important and interesting as more than accessories to their more beloved brethren. For a circulated piece, this is about as nice as they come. Provenance: From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Pine Tree's sale of the John Carter Brown Library Collection, May 1976, lot 641. PCGS Population (No Pellets variety only): 3; 6 finer (MS-63 finest). PCGS# 45366