LOT #3365 |
Sold on Aug 22, 2022 for: Sign-in
or Join (free & quick)
1652 Oak Tree Sixpence, Salmon 6-X, AU50 NGC. Noe-19 (Newman-OC), W-390, High R.7. ...
Click the image to load the highest resolution version.
Sold on Aug 22, 2022 for:
$3,600.00
Bid Source: Internet bidder
Get one of these:
Explore Available Items
Description
Salmon 6-X Oak Tree Sixpence
The Famous 'Serpent's Roots' Imitation
Finest of Three Privately Held
Ex: Norweb and Kendall
1652 Oak Tree Sixpence, Salmon 6-X, AU50 NGC. Noe-19
(Newman-OC), W-390, High R.7. 39.2 grains. Die orientation:
360º. A nicely formed light tan production that is consistent with
19th century coinage, and not at all typical of 17th century
minting technology. There is no doubt that this is a 19th century
imitation, and there is also no doubt that it is rare, with just
five known including two in museum collections. Chris Salmon tells
more:"Newman proved that the 6-X Oak Tree sixpence (the 'Serpent's Roots') is a later 19th century fabrication, copied from an inaccurate drawing published in 1746 of a 1-A (Noe-16) Oak Tree sixpence. The inaccuracies of the eighteenth-century drawing were replicated in the dies for the 6-X."
The five known examples include this piece, the Ford specimen that Mrs. Norweb returned to New Netherlands after learning that it was a forgery, an example that Stack's Bowers sold in 2020, the specimen in the ANS Collection, and the Lasser coin that is now part of the Colonial Williamsburg Collection.
The Earl of Pembroke Collection was illustrated in 1746 on the famous Pembroke Plate that depicts a similar appearing Oak Tree sixpence, although such a design never existed at the time. A 19th century forger relied on those plates to create dies for his production. In The Secret of the Good Samaritan Shilling, Eric P. Newman identified the fabricator as an Englishman named Singleton of whom nothing else is known. The present piece is the finest of three collectible examples.
Ex: A.H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (privately, 1957); Norweb Family Collection (Bowers & Merena, 10/1987), lot 1176; Henry P. Kendall Foundation (Stack's Bowers, 3/2015), lot 2342.
From The Christopher J. Salmon Collection.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 7HV6, PCGS# 661000)
View all of [The Christopher J. Salmon Collection, Part I ]
Auction Info
2022 August 22 - 28 US Coins Signature® Auction #1348 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2022
22nd-28th
Monday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 67
Lot Tracking Activity: N/A
Page Views: 336
Buyer's Premium per Lot:
20% of the successful bid per lot.
Shipping, Taxes, Terms and Bidding
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms | US & World Coin Grading Tutorial
Important information concerning Sales Tax and Resale Certificates. Learn More
Terms and Conditions | Bidding Guidelines and Bid Increments | Glossary of Terms | US & World Coin Grading Tutorial