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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2790586, member: 8959"].....but still a Massachusetts Oak Tree and very interesting to me. Picked this one up recently. Has many problems but I think the price was in-line so no regrets. Sold unattributed. However, there are enough design elements left to attribute it as Noe-9 (for example: cross hatching below tree)  The coin weighs only 42,75 grains, whereas the norm for full planchet shillings was 72 (range 70-72) grains. It was obviously heavily clipped besides being worn and suffering some edge damage. Interestingly, CoinFacts mentions this variety is known with both small and (normal) large planchets. The smaller planchet being scarcer than the larger. Weights per CoinFacts for the small planchets are as low as 47 grains. I assume this one is simply heavily clipped, and not one of the small planchets Noe-9's, but in case anybody can share more light on small planchet Noe-9's I would be very grateful. I have not been able to find out anymore about it besides the mention in CoinFacts. As I said, an Oak Tree Shilling with obvious problems, but a welcome addition to my small U.S Colonial collection nevertheless. Would love to see you MA silver if anybody has some. [ATTACH=full]648042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]648043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]648044[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]