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1 Shilling - NE
| Issuer | Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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| Year | 1652 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Mint | Boston Mint (Massachusetts Bay Colony) |
| Mintage | ND (1652) - W-40, Noe 1-A, or Salmon 1-B. - ND (1652) - W-50, Noe 1-D, or Salmon 1-A. - ND (1652) - W-60, Noe 2-A, or Salmon 2-B. - ND (1652) - W-70, Noe 3-A, or Salmon 3-B. - ND (1652) - W-80, Noe 3-B, or Salmon 3-C. - ND (1652) - W-90, Noe 3-C, or Salmon 3-D. - |
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Massachusetts Bay Colony struck these coins in defiance of English law — only the Crown held the right to mint currency, and the colony knew it. The date was frozen at 1652 deliberately, the year the mint opened, so that all subsequent issues could claim they predated the Restoration of Charles II and thus avoid the appearance of treason. The ruse held for nearly thirty years.
The NE type is the earliest and crudest of the Massachusetts silver series, abandoned quickly due to its susceptibility to clipping.