1652 Oak Tree Shilling. Noe-1, Salmon 1-A, W-430. Rarity-3. IN at Left. EF Details--Excessively Clipped (PCGS).43.0 grains. The clipping is well executed, essentially bisecting the periphery outside the inner beaded circle. The "new" border still allows approximately half of the peripheral letters on the reverse to show, but of the obverse lettering all we see are the bottom half of the I in IN and faint traces of a few other letters. The tree, date and denomination are fully appreciable, the XII particularly sharp. Portions of the tree and date are also sharp, but other areas are a bit soft due to uneven wear caused by light waviness in the planchet. A couple of tiny planchet pits are widely scattered over both sides, small dig at the left obverse close by one of the pits. Light hairlining suggests an old cleaning, the otherwise silver gray surfaces retoning nicely in pearl gray and russet around the peripheries. A thin vertical scratch right of center on the obverse is noted. Noe-1 is one of the more obtainable die varieties of the Oak Tree shilling, and this more affordable VF would certainly do well in a circulated type set of Colonial era coinage.
