(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:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- 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 | |
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| 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 PCGS AU55
“Property of the Trustees of the Late Walter, Lord Cunliffe of Headley, the Property of E.J. Willes, Esq., etc.” Sotheby's, May 1966, Lot 154 - Spink's, sold privately. PCGS AU55 #25685760. "The Henry P. Kendall Foundation Collection," Stack's Bowers, March 2015, Lot 2305 - $211,500. Noe III-B, 71.45 grains. |
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#1 PCGS AU55
Robert Coulton Davis; Dr. Thomas Hall; Virgil Brand; Carl Wurtzbach; T. James Clarke; F.C.C. Boyd; "The John J. Ford, Jr. Collection," Stack’s, October 14, 2005, Lot 2 - $345,000; Jon Hanson, $350,000. As NGC AU58 #2048776-006. "The Donald Groves Partrick Collection," Heritage Auctions, January 2015, Lot 5517 - $293,750. As PCS AU55 #28586017. Salmon 3-C, Noe 3-B. 71.8 grains. Wurtzbach and Salmon plate coin. |
#1 PCGS AU55
As "Very Fine." "The John G. Mills Collection," Samuel Hudson & Henry Chapman, April 1904, Lot 4. As NGC AU55 #2040954-006. "The Eric P. Newman Collection, Part IV," Heritage Auctions, May 16, 2014, Lot 30259 - $352,500. As PCGS AU55 #25276999. Salmon 1-B, Noe 1-A. 72 grains. |
#1 PCGS AU55
DeWitt Smith to Virgil Brand in 1908; "The Sterling P. Groves Collection," Samuel Hudson Chapman, January 1912, Lot 276; Waldo C. Newcomer; Waldo C. Newcomer Collection to Carl Wurtzbach before 1938; F.C.C. Boyd; "The John J. Ford Collection,Part XII," Stack’s, October 2005, Lot 1 - $253,000; "The David M. Sundman Collection," Stack's Bowers, November 8, 2013, Lot 4001 - $440,625. Salmon 1-B Noe 1-A. 71.75 grains. Noe, Salmon, and Wurtzbach plate coin Guide Book plate coin (2007-2012).
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#1 PCGS AU55
As "Very Fine." "The Loye Lauder Collection," William Doyle Galleries December 15, 1983, Lot 113; Anthony Terranova; Roger Siboni. |
#6 PCGS AU53
As "Very Fine." "The Richard B. Winsor, Esq. Collection," Samuel Hudson & Henry Chapman, December 1895, Lot 1 - $50; unknown intermediaries; Lester Merkin, sold privately on November 10, 1976; "The Henry P. Kendall Foundation Collection," Stack's Bowers, March 2015, Lot 2303 - $211,500; Heritage Auctions, August 18, 2019, Lot 3631 - $186,000; Stack's Bowers, August 24, 2023, Lot 5001 - $174,000. Salmon 2-B, Noe II-A. 71.29 grains. |
#6 PCGS AU53
As "Very Fine." "The William Cutler Atwater Collection," B. Max Mehl, June 1946, Lot 1; "The Oliver E. Futter Collection," B. Max Mehl, November 1954, Lot 1965-A. As PCGS AU53 #35744110. "The Alan B. Weinberg Collection, Part III," Heritage Auctions, January 12, 2020, Lot 4054 - $186,000. Noe 3-B. 70.98 grains. |
#6 PCGS AU53
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#6 PCGS AU53
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#9 PCGS AU50
Sotheby's, September 1972, Lot 162; Quality Sales Corporation, September 1973, Lot 444; "The Alan Weinberg Collection," Early American Numismatics, October 16, 1984, Lot 3; Bertram Cohen, sold privately on August 9, 1989 for $16,500; "The Donald Groves Partrick Collection," Heritage Auctions, January 2015, Lot 5513 - $188,000; "The Weiss Family Collection," Heritage Auctions, February 25, 2021, Lot 3642 - $180,000; Stack's Bowers, March 29, 2023, Lot 2224 - $156,000. Salmon 1-B, Noe 1-A. 70.2 grains. |
#9 PCGS AU50
Richard Picker, 1950s; unknown intermediary. "As New England Rare Coin Galleries, November 8, 1975, Lot 362. As PCGS AU50 #35782543. "The Archangel Collection," Stack's Bowers, October 30, 2018, Lot 7001 - $204,000. Salmon 1-B, Noe 1-A. |
#9 PCGS AU50
George J. Bauer; T. James Clarke; F.C.C. Boyd; "The John J. Ford, Jr.," Stack's, October 2005, Lot 3 - $322,000; "The Madison Collection," Heritage Auctiond, January 2008, Lot 2624 - $373,750; marketing by CoinRarities.com (Stephen Laschon) in September 2009 - $335,000; "The Dwight Manley's NE Silver Collection," Heritage Auctions, August 2010, Lot 3002 - $416,875. Noe III-C. 72.07 grains. Noe and Salmon plate coin.
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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.