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Later pieces, struck between 1652 and 1660 or 1662, bore the image of a willow tree, [3] with an oak tree [4] appearing on coins produced between 1660 or 1662 and c. 1667. However, the most famous design was the final one to be issued, the pine tree type, struck between ca. 1667 and 1682. [5]
The coins (the pine tree shillings) were smaller than the equivalent sterling coins by 22.5%. [2] Later pieces, struck between 1652 and 1660 or 1662, bore the image of a willow tree, [3] with an oak tree [4] appearing on coins produced between 1660 or 1662 and c. 1667. However, the most famous design was the final one to be issued, the pine ...
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.
Although all the coins use the date 1652, they can be broken into three chronological periods based on the design of the tree on the obverse: the willow tree, 1652–60; the oak tree, 1660–67; and the pine tree, 1667–82. The last design led to the series being known as pine tree shillings. [20]
In 1652, John Hull and Robert Sanderson were appointed mint masters for Massachusetts Bay Colony. According to tradition, Jenckes cut dies for the first coins minted in North America, such as the pine tree shilling. While there is no direct evidence for this claim, there is circumstantial evidence that Jenckes created steel punches, blank dies ...
Its contents include newspaper pages of the period and coins including a 1652 pine tree shilling. There was also a silver plate, probably engraved by Revere, and a copper medal depicting George Washington. The objects were placed on display for a time. [3]
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In 1652, a currency shortage prompted the colony to authorize silversmith John Hull to issue coinage, now known as the oak tree, willow tree, and pine tree shillings. Political differences with England after the English Restoration led to the revocation of the colonial charter in 1684.