1652 (1850s) Massachusetts Bay Colony Oak Tree Shilling. Wyatt Copy. Kenney-3, W-14042. Copper. Unc Details--Scratch (PCGS).A handsome autumn-brown example with glints of deeper color in the protected areas around many of the design elements. Struck on an irregular ovoid planchet, the upper right obverse border through the top of the letters HT in MASATHVSETS, although all other peripheral features are fully on the flan. Trivial softness of strike is evident left of center on both sides, but the detail is otherwise sharp. The surfaces are glossy, hard and overall smooth, a faint obverse scratch from the border outside the first letter S in MASATHVSETS to the top of the tree explaining the PCGS qualifier. From an unknown, although presumably limited quantity by Edward Bishop. Rare.
