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Valued Member
United States
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1652 Mass. Pine Tree Shilling - Noe Variety 10. Apologies for the sub-par photos. Any ideas as to grade? In terms of preservation, does it make sense to send this to a TPG? Thanks.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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grading? sure, allow me to bust out my collection of 300+ pine shillings to compaare mine to yours :3
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Moderator
 United States
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Has it been authenticated before?
If not then yes. Many fakes out there.
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Valued Member
 United States
291 Posts |
To the best of my knowledge it has not been authenticated before. The Coin belonged to my Grandfather. It was sitting in a safe since 1977 (along with others). I'm very new to all of this and still learning about which coins to send to TPG. |
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Valued Member
United States
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looks ms to me, you could ask john at coinraritiesonline.com. he's very knowledgable with these and has answered many of my questions in the past about mass silver.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It is hard to tell from the photo, either High AU or MS
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Valued Member
United States
113 Posts |
I would recommend that you get this coin authenticated by an expert in the series or a third party grader. These coins have been counterfeited for many years. From your pictures, it looks to be in either AU or a lower MS grade and if it is authentic, an exceptional coin. Thanks for sharing it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sure looks like a Noe-10. Could we get a weight?
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Valued Member
United States
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Unfortunately I do not have a small scale. From all of the comments, I believe it justifies the price to send to a TPG for authentication / grading / preservation. I will post back here in a few weeks once I have received the coin back. Thank you everybody for the helpful comments. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good luck! I look forward to the update.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My gut feeling is that your coin is a copy. I hope to be proven wrong.
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Valued Member
United States
291 Posts |
The coin has been packaged and will be sent to PCGS in the morning. If nothing else, it is a relatively small price to find out if it is a real 350+ year old coin. Either way, I will post results here once I find out.
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Valued Member
United States
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Good luck, I hope the best out come for you. How exciting! What a great treasure!
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United States
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I totally agree :-)
Good luck!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3229 Posts |
Good luck! I hope it proves genuine.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I've never graded these, so can't say for sure... looks in AU state.
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Posted 04/12/2014 6:06 pm
