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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4831494, member: 101855&quot;]I understand that they did that in Massachusetts with the silver coinage. When I lived in New England, dealers sometimes had cull Massachusetts Pine Tree Shillings that were clipped all the down to the inner ring. The two rings were put there to provide a warning to people that the piece had been clipped and was therefore debased. It didn&#039;t seem to sink in. Of course it didn&#039;t help if the coin was struck off-center, which is not unusual for some Massachusetts silver issues.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Large Pine Tree Shilling</b></p><p>This sort of a &quot;poster child&quot; coin for the series because it is almost always well executed, and it&#039;s attractive when nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1168517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1168518[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the most common variety (Noe 33)&nbsp; of the Pine Tree six pence, which is always (I think) struck off center. I have never seen one that was not off-center.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1168523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1168525[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This Oak Tree shilling is off-center also.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1168529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1168530[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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