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FIR MASATHVSETS SHILLING

CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 1, 2026 8:02AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Isn't this a lovely Fir tree?
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    DCWDCW Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The most beautiful example Ive ever seen

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    privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I was ever rich enough to complete any series I want it would be them.

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    WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep, I'm always finding those whenever going through rolls of original early colonials. FIROOEC

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    its always nice to see them :)

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,285 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is an extremely high state of preservation for that piece! Lovely!

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    jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 41,373 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Found In Roll?

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    gonzergonzer Posts: 3,083 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Found In Roll?

    Because of that other post that's precisely what I thought.

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gonzer said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Found In Roll?

    Because of that other post that's precisely what I thought.

    :)

    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    EddiEddi Posts: 612 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 4, 2026 1:06AM

    I have one without the 'H' in Masathusets, and with the 'N's' in 'England' backwards.

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    lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,348 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for sharing... but I'm now considering one of these for my Box of 20, which would make me 4 coins short and I'd have to boot something... lol!

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 4, 2026 7:56AM

    I have to go look and see if they ever found that three pence piece Yale university had stolen with ther stuff years ago. Just a thought for now

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    Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool!

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    lcutlerlcutler Posts: 736 ✭✭✭✭

    @lkenefic said:
    Thanks for sharing... but I'm now considering one of these for my Box of 20, which would make me 4 coins short and I'd have to boot something... lol!

    Boot away! The pine tree shilling is so iconic, it has to have a spot!

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