PCGS XF45
PCGS XF40
- PCGS #:
- 16
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $381,875 • AU55 • 03-26-2015 • Stack's Bowers
Major Varieties
- 1652 Shilling Willow Tree
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 35 |
| 60 or Better | 2 |
| 65 or Better | |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-8.8 |
| 60 or Better | R-9.9 |
| 65 or Better | R-10.1 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 3 / 3 |
| 60 or Better | 1 / 3 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 3 |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 11 / 12 |
| 60 or Better | 2 / 12 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 1 / 12 |
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 AU58 PCGS grade
T. James Clarke Collection - Carl Wurtzbach Collection - Troy Wiseman Collection - Heritage 1/2007:705, $230,000 - Bowers & Merena 9/2009:10, $106,375 |
| #2 AU50 estimated grade |
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#3 XF45 estimated grade
Noe plate coin; 1914 ANS Exhibition coin |
#4 VF35 PCGS grade
Bache Collection - William E. Woodward 3/1865:2524 - George J. Bauer - T. James Clarke Collection - F.C.C. Boyd Collection - John J. Ford, Jr. Collection - Stack’s 10/2005:9, $184,000 - Dwight Manley's NE Silver Collection - Heritage 8/2010:3004, $230,000 |
#4 VF35 PCGS grade
Illustrated on Plate XX, No. iv of the supplement to Dickeson's Manual (1860); Noe Plate III & Enlargement Plate VIII; illustrated in the ANS 1914 Exhibition, Plate 39 |
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#5 VF35 estimated grade
Noe Plate Coin - 1991 ANS Exhibition Coin
Harlan Page Smith Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 6/1906:1 (as Raw Very Fine) - C.H. Stearns Collection - Mayflower 12/1966:4 - Herbert M. Oechsner Collection - Stack’s 9/1988:928 - Hain Family Collection - Stack's 1/2002:4, $138,000 - Jon Hanson, as agent(?), $140,000 - Donald Groves Patrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5519, $188,000 - Heritage 1/2016:5200, $164,500
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#7 VF25 estimated grade
Sylvester S. Crosby Collection - John W. Haseltine 6/1883:486 - Richard B. Winsor Collection - S.H. & H. Chapman 12/1895:2 - Allison W. Jackman Collection - Henry Chapman, 6/1918:3 - Peate - Howard Rounds Newcomb Collection - Col. Green - L. Young - Reed Hawn Collection - Stack's 10/1989:4, $18,700 - Stack's 5/1998:7 - Jon Hanson, sold privately for $36,300 - Donald Groves Partrick Collection - Heritage 1/2015:5521, $105,750 |
#8 VF25 PCGS grade
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#8 VF20 PCGS estimated grade
Sylvester S. Crosby Collection - John W. Haseltine 6/1883:848 - Ten Eyck Collection - B. Max Mehl 5/1922:731 - Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society - Heritage 5/2014:30261, $164,500 |
| #10 VF20 PCGS grade |
| #11 F15 PCGS grade |
The Willow Tree Massachusetts Silver coins were the first attemt at a full design following the simple punches of the New England silver coins. The Willow Tree coinage was produced on crude blanks with a hammer die of some sort. Multiple strikes of the dies, at various angles, were necessary to produce a coin with full designs. However, the multiple strikes often duplicated or obliterated other elements of the design, resulting in illegible, jumbled legends, an odd-spiky-looking tree, dates such as 16522, and/or blank areas on one or both sides. There is no single example that shows the complete design on either side, so it is left to the collector to choose the one that is most "attractive." Certainly, surface quality is an important issue, because many examples are impaired by corrosion, pitting, scratches, or other post-mint damage. Multiple varieties make up this issue, all of which are very rare.
We know of only 33 demonstrably different Willow Tree Shillings.