1652 (ca. 1963?) Oak Tree shilling struck copy. Newman Fabrication OD. Silver. EF-45.

25.2 mm. 71.6 grains. Coin turn. A dangerous counterfeit that could easily be confused for a genuine Oak Tree shilling. Mottled dark gray with sharp devices and textured surfaces. Lightly smoothed in areas, including at the lamination at the upper right of the tree. Edge is crude in areas, including a substantial planchet crack at 9:00. Of unknown antiquity, but not described until 1963, when Eric Newman penned an article in the May 1963 issue of The Numismatist entitled "A Dangerous Oak Tree Shilling Copy Appears: How Can We Stop Coin Forgeries!"

From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from Fred Samuels in March 1963; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part XIV, May 2006, lot 525.