We are proud to present our 3 day Brilliant Post Baltimore Rare Coin Auction! This is a not to be missed event!
This auction has some HUGE, not to be missed, stunning coins. The consignees came right from Baltimore, directly to you to be sold in our auction.
Join us on Tuesday, 7/09 - Thursday 7/11!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION- Our 3 day evening auction (The High Dollar Coins) from 7:30pm-2am ET with Corey will be on MONDAY, July 8th- WEDNESDAY, July 10th. Corey will NOT be on Thursday Night. MONDAY will he hosted INSIDE of the AM auction in 27 pt 1 at 7:30pm.
Every auction has something for everyone, there is always a bargain to be had! We put together the highest quality items in the bullion, coins, currency, and exonumia categories. From large estates to small estates, consignments from around the country, we have it all! We have every type of rare estate that almost every auction has something you will never see again! Ranging from Morgans and Rare Gold to VAMS and Varieties to Currency and Proof Sets, there really is something for every kind of bidder.
We will auction lots 5761-7560 on Day 1, 7561-9360 on Day 2, and 9361-11,160 on Day 3.
The AM Portion of the auction will begin at 10:00am and will end at 7:30pm. This portion will be auctioned by Heidi, Jordan, Shanny, Riley, and Conri.
The PM Portion of the auction (The higher value lots) will begin at 7:30pm and will end when all of the lots have closed for that day. This portion will be auctioned by Corey and Sandi.
Day 1:
- AM: Lots 5761-7200
- PM: Lots 7201-7560
Day 2:
- AM: Lots 7561-9000
- PM: Lots 9001-9360
Day 3:
- AM: Lots 9361- 10,800
- PM: Lots 10,801-11,160
Additionally, going forward for every auction, we will be offering an Early Bird Sale! This will entail a HUGE 5% Buyers Premium Discount on the first 100 lots of the auction each day!
We can't wait to see you at the auction!
LOT 6627:
***Auction Highlight*** PCGS LEGENDARY 1652 Pine Tree Shilling Small Planchet Graded vf20 By PCGS (fc)
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Start price:
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3,750
Estimated price :
$1,750 - $3,500
Buyer's Premium: 18%
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***Auction Highlight*** PCGS LEGENDARY 1652 Pine Tree Shilling Small Planchet Graded vf20 By PCGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** PCGS LEGENDARY 1652 Pine Tree Shilling Small Planchet Graded vf20 By PCGS. One of the first colonies set up in what later became this country, was the Massachusetts Bay Colony. As the population grew, the need for coinage or some circulating medium grew also. In the 1630s a loose barter system prevailed, any "hard currency" (copper, silver or gold) was siphoned off back to Britain through both taxes and by selling the colonists goods at inflated prices. Purchases were made by trading goods for goods: furs, fish, grain, musket balls, wampum, shells etc…. The only coins in circulation in Massachusetts at the time were outdated English farthings and presumably Spanish silver, which would have been used by passing merchant ships and buccaneers stopping by Boston as a port of call. King Charles I of England was executed, and his forces were defeated by 1651, thus the royal regulations governing the Colony were no longer relevant. The General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorized John Hull and Robert Saunderson to strike much needed silver in the denominations of XII Pence or Shilling, VI Pence and III Pence in mid 1652. The first coinage was the NE issues, followed a year later by the Willow Tree issues, later Oak Tree Issues and finally the various Pine Tree issues. The date 1652 was continuously used for decades, as the Colony had no technical authority to strike its own coins. Later, when King Charles II restored order in England, he allowed the coinage to continue, after paying the King's taxes.Many of the large size Oak Tree and Pine Tree pieces were bent as the 1692 Salem witch trials unfolded, as the local citizens believed that carrying a bent silver coin would offer protection from witches. For this reason, Hull made the planchets smaller, but thicker, to make the coins harder to bend, and harder to "clip" silver off of by shaving the edges, spending the lighter weight coin, and keeping the silver shavings for recoining.Massachusetts silver coins are among the most important colonial issues, as they were the first silver coins struck in the continental United States, they circulated widely, including Canada and even caused one of the first American uprisings against Britain, when Hulls coinage came into question by Royal authorities. A Key Date's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation

