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1652 Massachusetts Oak Tree shilling obverse with IN at the bottom of the legend — the Cleveland Museum of Art's example of the same issue; the tracked Noe-4 PCGS MS65 specimen is a different coin

1652 Oak Tree Shilling

Maker
Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint)
Year
1652 (struck c.1660-67)
Rank
32 of 100

1652 Oak Tree Shilling

1652 Oak Tree Shilling by Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint) (1652 (struck c.1660-67)) is ranked 32 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $105,750 on 16 May 2014. A classic Massachusetts silver type; the Oak Tree shilling is among the most desirable early colonial coins.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

A classic Massachusetts silver type; the Oak Tree shilling is among the most desirable early colonial coins.

Massachusetts silver shilling, Oak Tree, IN at Bottom, Noe-4, PCGS MS65

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$105,750
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
16 May 2014

Heritage Auctions, May 16 2014. 'In' at Bottom, PCGS MS65, realized $105,750 — auction record. An AN DO MS64 NGC brought $44,650.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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