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Glossy deep gray surfaces yield highly attractive golden toning under a light. The central
tree device is well rendered and the legends on both sides are nearly complete. Some
letter tops are interrupted at the rim, and GL of ENGLAND is a bit indistinct as usual. A
few very light scratches are visible beneath the denomination, but they are only
discernable with a glass and do not affect very good eye appeal for the grade. This
variety is to the Small Planchets as Noe-1 is to the Large Planchets: the variety that
comes to mind as the archetypical type coin for those who are not Massachusetts silver
specialists. The present piece is sharper than most, more colorful than most, and
essentially free of flaws. It would make a great choice for a collector building an early
American type set.
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