oak tree shilling-possible NOE-3 Rarity 6, need help verifying

Hi all
This is my newest pick up. I never could have afforded this but i recently went to work on saturdays for my friend in his new coin store. I believe it is NOE-3 but I'm hoping someone with more experience than me can verify. Supposedly only 6-7 are known so this one would be something of a find.


Thanks for any help
Richard

 

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Not sure the variety but I like it

 

I'm almost 100% sure it is Noe-3.
Compared it to the image in the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial Coins. Everything matches as far as I can see.
Regarding the rarity: The Encyclopedia describes Noe-3 as URS 6 (Universal Rarity Scale), with 17 to 32 specimens estimated to exist.
A very worthy example you have there in my opinion.

 

Raw???

 

Looks real enough Ziggy, you gonna' send it in to get it graded?

 

Why not. It’s real as can be and would details grade for being bent

 

Thank you for the confirmation

 

Most colonial collectors I know seem to prefer their coins raw...

 

congrats on a great find!

Cost? Face?

 

I worked in my friends coin shop for ten Saturdays, 5 hrs a week for, this coin which is fair if it were a common variety. the fact that it is one of the rare ones is a bonus

 

I would send it to ANACS since they are cheap. That would give you confirmation of being legit, and they could ID the variety. Then you take a few pics and crack it out. Now you have visual proof it was real and you can hold it. And it didn't cost a fortune to get that done.

 

I am actually pretty certain of the authenticity of this coin and was actually pretty sure it was a NOE-3. I was asking for confirmation on the attribution because I don't have the proper book to be certain. Eduard has confirmed it for me in his post above. I had previously id'ed it from photos on the PCGS website. All of the markers are correct which i doubt would be exact on a counterfeit.