Pine Tree Shilling

I spotted this one at the same place I bought the EAC; however, you can see it's a *little* out of my price range. The owner was kind enough to let me ogle and photograph it with my phone, and I thought you all might find it interesting.

 

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Very nice!

 

This is one of my dream coins.

Look for ones that are well struck with full edge lettering. They'll be a bit more expensive, but worth it.

 

Cool coin. I've seen that specimen as well. Fun shop and the owner is nice.

 

Mine too!! If I could just convince the wife....

 

I got a bit of a chuckle that he had to print a label saying it was a 1652 Pine Tree Shilling when it says that on the PCGS label. Oh well, if you're proud of something or have some extra free time.

 

Nice one. I’ve had a couple but haven’t found the right one for me

 

I love colonial US coins, great series to collect. I was fortunate enough to be at the Baltimore Whitman show in March 2015 when the Henry P. Kendall Collection crossed the block. I did lot viewing just to have the opportunity to see those coins:

https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/a...ot=sometimes&limit=96&parent_category=1-11EIQ

 

A VF Small Planchet Pine Tree Shilling is on my list of things to get someday. The one pictured, assuming it isn't a rare die marriage, is probably overpriced at $3995. A PCGS VF35 (which seems to be the circulated grade they like to assign to these) recently sold for $3500. It's not optimally centered as you'd want for one of these, but it's still attractive. A very attractive NGC Damaged one (nicely centered, sharp lettering) with VF details went for $2500, but that was 2015.

 

I sold an absolutely original vf with a really good strike and surface a couple years ago for $1250. Unfortunately it had a hole

 

There's a raw one on eBay right now for $47. Yeah...I'm thinking it's a FAKE!!!

 

0h man!! Thanks bud, I didnt know these coins existed, I have so much to learn, maybe one of these can be detected out of the ground here in Rhode Island!! (I can dream, right!)

 

It is definitely possible. Wouldn't be the first time one of these came out of the ground.

 

I got mine about 25 years ago.

It was bent early in it's life and then worn unevenly.

A VF otherwise.

 

For sure!!!! A NE sixpence was found in a potato field on Long Island!

 

Out of the ground not very likely. Out of a cellar hole that you excavate yourself POSSIBLY. Most cellar hole finds are large cents, half cents and colonial coppers.
Some are a lot of digging for no coins - just relics. Unless you uncover a cache the coins are rarely silver or gold.

 

Very nice, I followed a bunch on Heritage Auctions, drooled over them, but knew it was out of my price range.

 

Very possible. Someone on here a couple years ago got a twopence out of the ground. I have a friend that got an oak tree shilling in au dismantling a ca 1770 house in Yarmouth Maine. I need to revisit trying to get him to sell it to me

 

An antique dealer friend that lives about 15 minutes from me got this on a house clean out. This was in 2015 I bought it from him as there was a gun he wanted to buy and sold it at the next show I did

 

That's one I would pay to have repaired by someone good. The TPGs are fairly forgiving on early US/Colonial that are well repaired.