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1652 6PENCE Pine Tree Sixpence MS63 PCGS....

Auction: 2008 May Long Beach, CA Signature Auction #1108

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Lovely Select 1652 Pine Tree Sixpence
Noe-33, Ex: Ford, Boyd, Proskey

1652 6PENCE Pine Tree Sixpence MS63 PCGS. Crosby 1-A, Noe-33, R.3. 33.2 grains. The obverse has pellets flanking the tree trunk, much like the Noe-1 shilling, and suggests that these pieces may have been made at about the same time. In the Hain and Ford catalogs, Michael Hodder suggested that the pellets may be a form of "secret mark" required of Hull and Sanderson under their contract to produce Massachusetts colonial coinage. The purpose of the required secret marks may have been for future identification, to distinguish these pieces from possible counterfeits. The problem with this theory is that the placement of the pellets is too prominent to remain a secret. On the present piece, the pellets are at the center of the obverse.
This example represents the initial incorrect alignment of the obverse die in the press with the tree and interior beaded seemingly well above center. All known examples have the obverse off-center in exactly the same direction. Later die states are cataloged as Noe-33a, and have the obverse realigned in the proper position. On both Noe-33 and Noe-33a, the reverse is well centered with the inscription bold and complete. This is an impressive specimen with light gray color that is enhanced by delicate gold and russet tones. It has nearly round with no visible edge flaws. The tree has a couple of faint mint-made planchet flaws, and a small area of subtle planchet striations are present above the date. These identify the present piece as the Ford specimen, since neither side has any abrasions save for a nearly imperceptible horizontal line beneath the 1 in the date. Listed on page 24 of the 2008 Guide Book. Population: 2 in 63, 1 finer (3/08).
Ex: David Proskey (11/28/1903); F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr. (Stack's, 10/2005), lot 136; FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2007), lot 711, which realized $46.000.
From The Liberty Collection of American Colonial Coinage, Part Three. (#22)

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Auction 422, Lot 711 Saturday, January 6, 2007 63 PCGS $46,000.00
Auction 27041, Lot 13001 Tuesday, April 3, 2007 63 NGC $25,300.00
Auction 422, Lot 710 Saturday, January 6, 2007 63 NGC $17,250.00
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