Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 December 2003

Starting at 11:00 AM

.

Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1135

.

10 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£3,200

United States of America, Massachusetts, Pine Tree coinage, Threepence, 1652, no pellets or ‘berries’ at truncation, 1.04g/12h (Noe 36; Durst 21). Good very fine, the reverse almost perfectly centred, dark grey patina, very rare (£2,200-2,500)

Provenance:
Found at Great Bookham, Surrey, 2001.

Almost as fine as the Noe plate coin (T. James Clarke collection)