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The scarcity of coin currency was a problem for the growth of the New England economy. On May 27, 1652, the Massachusetts General Court appointed John Hull, a local silversmith, to be Boston's mint master without notifying or seeking permission from the British government. Coins were issued in denominations of 3 and 6 pence and 1 shilling.
1652 pine tree shilling. Early American currency went through several stages of development during the colonial and post-Revolutionary history of the United States.John Hull was authorized by the Massachusetts legislature to make the earliest coinage of the colony (the willow, the oak, and the pine tree shilling) in 1652.
1652 New England Shilling (Proofed) Sold price: $250,000 “New England Shillings are among the simplest, most valuable and rarest of all U.S. Colonial coins,” according to Professional Coin ...
John Hull was born on December 18, 1624, in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, [1] the son of blacksmith Robert Hull and Elizabeth Storer. [2] [3] At age eleven, he immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his father, mother, and half-brother Richard Storer, [1] departing Bristol on September 28, 1635, and arriving in Boston on November 7. [4]
The mid-17th century New England shilling is thought to have been struck in 1652 and will be put up for auction next month. The mid-17th century New England shilling is thought to have been struck ...
New England Colonies Coat of Arms/Seal Name Capital Year(s) Colony type Notes Plymouth: Plymouth: 1620–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing: Merged into the Dominion of New England in 1686, reformed in 1689, and then merged into Massachusetts in 1691 Massachusetts Bay: Charlestown Salem Boston: 1628–1686 1689–1691: Self-governing
A rare 17th Century coin sold at auction for a record-breaking $2.52 million eight years after it was found in an old cabinet.
The shillings nearly all bore the date "1652". This was the date of the Massachusetts Bay Colony legislation sanctioning the production of shillings. The date was maintained by the Massachusetts moneyers in order to appear to be in compliance with English law that reserved the right of produce shillings to the Crown, since, in 1652, England was ...