1652 SHILNG Oak Tree Shilling AU53 PCGS....

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Difficult Noe-13.6 AU53 Oak Tree Shilling
Ex: F.C.C. Boyd, John J. Ford, Jr.

1652 SHILNG Oak Tree Shilling AU53 PCGS. Ex: Ford. IN at bottom. Noe-13.6, R.6. 70.7 gn. Rich steel-gray and caramel-gold encompass this pleasing and partly lustrous representative. The reverse is perfectly centered and has complete legends. The obverse is slightly misaligned toward 6 o'clock, but most border letters are fully intact. Impressively smooth and nicely struck with pleasing surfaces. The vertical lines at the top of the obverse are as made and diagnostic for the variety.
The shallow, broad die break from the lower left tree branch and the break from the lower right branch toward the T are characteristic of Noe-13.6, an intermediate die state designated by Richard Picker and adopted by Walter Breen. Unlike the Hain catalog, the Ford catalog eschewed the Picker intermediate die states, and listed the present piece as a full-fledged Spiny Tree, Noe-14. Listed on page 37 of the 2009 Guide Book. Population: 7 in 58, 21 finer (6/08).
Ex: F.C.C. Boyd Collection; John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part 12 (Stack's, 10/2005), lot 43.

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 20, GSID# 8)

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