yes it was soldered into a silver plate long ago which kept it from getting too damaged as well as a decorative piece
Looks rather thick as well. Of course the lousy pictures don't help. I don't have a copy of Noe's book on the Massachusetts silver but I don't recall any with the denomination lettering that broad. None of the pieces listed on the coinfacts page match it, but of course thay don't show all of them.
it's quite thin actually and yeah the pictures arn't amazing! interesting what you said about the denomination lettering though! i took it to the british museum and they said it was a very interesting piece. just wanted to see what you guys thought of it really and if any of you was interested. thanks for the reply though!
I'm surprised that the museum you took it to didn't attempt to attribute it. Which museum did you take this specimen to? Looks to be a [possible] Noe-17 / Crosby-22L / W-840. Whitman's Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, Bowers, (c) 2009, pg.47, lists this specimen as a URS-9 (125-249 known), and at G-4 = $600US. That said, notwithstanding that the specimen is attributable, IMO since the specimen has been seriously altered, IMO at best it is a "net" FR-2. If indeed it is Noe-17, specimens are also somewhat easily attainable in much better and unaltered states. Did you solder this specimen to the plate? How did you attain this specimen?
