I picked this guy up at a local show this weekend. I THINK this coin may be Noe 13.6 spiny tree which is listed as very rare with 5-6 pieces known. Anyone have experience or reference materials that could confirm this?
*Must* you tease us like this? Most of us will never see one of these, much less hold it... much less BUY it ;-) <bangs head on desk... whimpers quietly...>
So, I was able to confirm that my coin is in fact Noe 13.6... by using... CoinTalk. Looking through the similar threads at the bottom of this one... I found this post. You will see that the coin indicated as 13.6 is in fact the exact same coin in question and a coinfacts plate coin.
Well, It gets stranger yet. This coin... this EXACT coin is listed in several references as a Noe 13.6... but sold earlier this year through Heritage where they indicated it was a Noe 14. Was it misattributed? http://coins.ha.com/itm/colonials/1...-r4/a/1208-3007.s?hdnJumpToLot=1x=0&y=0#Photo
Is the attribution something you can get on the slab? Might want to re-holder it before sending to CAC, not sure if that will help the resale value, but my gut feeling is that it would. I dont know much about this period of coinage so I am not sure how accurate this is, but I was reading the most recent ANA Numismatist and I guess one of the largest / best hoards of these types of coins was found in Maine, including the coins I like even better, the Pine Tree shilling. The Castine hoard. I love it when I can connect everything to Maine!
That being the case...would it be worthwhile getting it slabbed by another TPG (NGC?) who will attribute it? Of course, your reputation is such that you might not need that.
I'd rather drill a hole in it and wear it as a pendant... but that's just my opinion. I finally did get it figured out. It is definitely a 13.6. The coin is one of the 3 Hain family pieces that somehow lost it's attribution and then was misattributed by Heritage in it's last sale. It has previously sold at auction 2 times with the correct attribution, lastly in 2003.
Sometimes it can be just that. Some people ditch these pedigrees when the coin is sold in close proximity to try to hide it's last sale price. With a little work you can get them identified... but sometimes it's not easy.
I'll never understand your obsession with CAC it is just a sticker that does the work for you by telling you the coin is good for its grade.