PINE TREE SHILLING
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The name given to the largest of the coins issued in 1652 by the first mint established in Boston. These coins had the value of " 12d., 6d. and 3d. pieces," that value being denoted by the figure XII, VI or III stamped upon the reverse. The obverse contained the representation of a pine tree encircled by a grained ring, with the legend " Mathosets In." Weight, 72 grains; value, 18 1/4 cents.
By John Franklin Jameson
