🥇 BANNER !!! 1652 Pine Tree Shilling !!!

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Almost had a heart attack today when I dug an odd square shaped piece of metal. Looked closer and saw 1652 and about collapsed. It looks clipped but its near full weight at 4.4 grams. Were these clipped like this at the mint sometimes? I havent done a thing to it other than rinse it off with fresh water. Scared to do anything to it really as it looks to have great details underneath. EDIT: I did q-tip some of the flakyness off on the obverse but Im not going any farther for now

 

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Stellar banner.

Super well done... what a hit.

 

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[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Huge congrats! Epic find! Banner for sure!

 

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Thanks for all the comments and banner votes everyone. The obverse was flaking pretty bad so I lightly wet q-tipped it and now it looks a little better imo. Im never selling it anyway. Here it is next to the little cut piece I found last year

 

[Blak bart]

Wow....congrats toasted that's a home run find !! Banner !!

 

[Kray Gelder]

What a thrill finding that! Wow. Banner all day!

 

[sandchip]

That is some kind of fine! A big ol' congrats to you, man.

 

[alaskaseeker]

Outstanding find, that is an incredible piece of History......

 

[MCollett]

Wow! That is amazing. Congrats!!

 

[Crusty Shellback]

Wow! That is awesome! Banner for sure! Congratulations!

 

[Digger RJ]

Holy Cow!!!!!! Wow!!!!! Killer!!! Awesome!!!!!! Great Job!!!!! The Ultimate Bucket Lister!!!! Banner Vote!!!!!

 

[JeffInMass]

Doesn't get much better than that- Huge Congrats on the find of a lifetime! Check my banner find and welcome to the club!

 

[Relicific]

Superb find

 

[tnt-hunter]

It’s all been said. The only thing I can add is my banner vote. Wow and congratulations. Keep swingin. (Maybe there are more goodies nearby.)

 

[washingtonian]

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Super well done... what a hit.

Looks like the real deal to my untrained eye. Awesome find!!

 

[cheffer]

Wow. Holy Grail. Hope to see it up top before the weekend's over, that is banner all day, congratulations!

 

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Im still learning about these coins but I believe it to be a Noe I(pellets) large planchet variety and an early one at that as the die crack in the date is not yet visible. So it should date around 1670 I believe

 

[GeoW]

Banner worthy!

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[xcopperstax]

Wait a minute this is your second tree coin! Lightning does strike twice. Wow this is just incredible. If memory serves me correct you found a gold coin this year too! I hope to find one someday. I think with some professional cleaning that could look really nice... It already looks really nice. Just think this could have been handled by a Pilgrim. Maybe that's a stretch but it seems possible. I'm a believer in that. Congrats and this is definitely a banner.

 

[xcopperstax]

Please give a repost once it's had it's final cleaning if you do go that route. I don't know much about cleaning a coin this important and significant but seems like a job for the pro's.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Holy crap! That is a thing of beauty!!!! Congratulations toasted for a most fantastic find!!!!