(1652) Shilling New England (Regular Strike)
Series: U.S. Colonial Issues
PCGS AU55
PCGS AU55
PCGS AU55
- PCGS #:
- 13
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
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- Mintage:
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- Mint:
- N/A
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $440,625 • AU55 • 11-08-2013 • Stack's Bowers
Major Varieties
- (1652) Shilling New England
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 40 |
| 60 or Better | |
| 65 or Better | |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-8.7 |
| 60 or Better | R-10.1 |
| 65 or Better | R-10.1 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 3 / 3 |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 3 |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 3 |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 12 / 12 |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 12 |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 12 |
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 AU55 PCGS grade
71.8 grains |
#1 AU55 PCGS grade
John G. Mills Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 4/1904:4 - Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society - Heritage 5/2014:30259, $352,500 |
#1 AU55 PCGS grade
Noe plate coin; Wutrzbach plate coins; Salmon Plate Coin |
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#1 AU55 PCGS grade
Sotheby's “Property of the Trustees of the Late Walter, Lord Cunliffe of Headley, the Property of E.J. Willes, Esq., etc.” 5/1966:154 - Spink's, sold privately - Henry P. Kendall Foundation Collection - Stack's/Bowers 3/2015:2305, $211,500 |
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#1 AU55 PCGS grade
Loye Lauder Collection - William Doyle Galleries 10/1983:113 - Anthony Terranova - Roger Siboni Collection |
#6 AU53 PCGS grade
Richard B. Winsor, Esq. Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 12/1895 - Lester Merkin, sold privately on 11/10/1976 - Henry P. Kendall Foundation Collection - Stack's/Bowers 3/2015:2303, $211,500 |
#6 AU53 PCGS grade
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#6 AU53 PCGS grade
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#9 AU50 PCGS grade
72.07 grains
Noe Plate Coin, Salmon Plate Coin
George J. Bauer - T. James Clarke Collection - F.C.C. Boyd Collection - John J. Ford, Jr. - Stack's 10/2005:3, $322,000 - Madison Collection - Heritage 1/2008:2624, $373,750 - offered by CoinRarities.com in 9/2009 for $335,000 - Dwight Manley's NE Silver Collection - Heritage 8/2010:3002, $416,875
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#9 AU50 PCGS grade
Sotheby's 9/1972:162 - Kreisberg/Cohen 9/1973:444 - Alan Weinberg Collection - Early American Numismatics, Buy or Bid Sale #2 10/1984:3 - Bertram Cohen, sold privately on 8/9/1989 for $16,500 - Donald Groves Partrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5513, $188,000 |
The New England Shillings are among the simplest, most valuable, and rarest of all Colonial U.S. coins. They are simple disks of silver that are not much larger than a U.S. Quarter Dollar. On one side, the minter punched the monogrammed letters "NE", which stood for New England. On the other side, the letters "XII' were punched, indicating the denomination of 12 Pence (based on the English monetary system, though the NE Shillings were valued statutorily at only 75% that of an English Shilling). These simple, yet elegant coins, were made in 1652, but some researchers believe at least one variety may have been made later.
High grade examples are very rare. Thus, for most collectors, any example would be acceptable. A couple of nice AU examples are known, but none have ever been called Mint State. New England Shillings rarely appear on the market and they always set records when they do.