1652 Pine Tree Shilling. Large Planchet. Noe-14, Salmon 14-X, W-790. Rarity-6. Without Pellets at Trunk. Fine Details--Excessive Clipping (PCGS).
41.4 grains. A rare survivor of this contemporary counterfeit issue and one of the finer known. Both sides are richly and evenly toned in deep steel-olive. The tree, date and denomination are all exceptionally sharp for one of these, indeed full relative to the assigned grade, and the inner borders on both sides are more than half complete. The obverse impression is aligned to 12 o'clock on a nearly round planchet, reverse to 11:30, with just a trace of lettering in the peripheral legends, lower halves of S IN on obverse clearest. Close inspection with a loupe is required to locate a few tiny marks and other wispy blemishes, the in hand appearance impressively smooth. Like the Noe-13, the Noe-14 issue was purposely made to imitate a clipped Large Planchet type. Given the shape, size, weight, and workmanship, the two issues were almost certainly made by the same shop. Although similar in rarity to Noe-13, Noe-14 was not present in Boyd-Ford, Partrick, MHS (1970), or Norweb, though all those collections included a Noe-13. We last offered this issue in our November 2019 sale of the Robert M. Martin Collection, where an example weighing 42.2 grains and graded Good Details--Damage by PCGS realized $1,320. Our March 2015 sale of the Kendall Foundation Collection featured two distinct examples. Both of those coins were graded Good Details--Excessively Clipped by PCGS and weighed just slightly above 34 grains. The sharper of the two earned $1,997 in lot 2394, while the more worn coin in lot 2395 brought $1,527. The present example is substantially finer than both of the Kendall coins, as well as the Hain specimen and others that have come to market more recently. It also presents better than the Martin coin despite its lower certified grade, and is about as pleasing as can be expected for the variety.
PCGS# 900790. NGC ID: 2ARV.
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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Jim Skalbe, March 2008.

Estimate: $4500