THE NEW ENGLAND AND WILLOW TREE COINAGES OF MASSACHUSETTS

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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 37

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Clain-Stefanelli 12213*, Davis 798, Sigler 1910

The first of Noe’s trio of treatises on Massachusetts coinage (see also The Pine Tree Coinage Of Massachusetts #52 and The Oak Tree Coinage Of Massachusetts #55), this pocket-sized ANS monograph, #102 in that series, serves as a partial catalog of the 1942 ANS exhibition of early coinage of the Americas, dedicated to items which circulated prior to the eighteenth century. Covered here are New England shillings, sixpence and threepence, and the Willow Tree pieces of the same denominations. Noe approached the project with some trepidation, noting of Crosby’s 1875 treatment of the same subject, “It has left so little for gleaners to gather that few have been willing to undertake the necessary delving to add to it.” Included in the fifty-six pages here is historical background as well as discussion of die varieties with an attribution guide. Sixteen plates with tissue guard overlays depict any number of examples sourced from both institutional and private collections, an important aid for pedigree studies.

1^st Edition

NOE, Sydney P. THE NEW ENGLAND AND WILLOW TREE COINAGES OF MASSACHUSETTS.
New York: 1943
55pp, 16 plates, with tissue overlays
16mo
Softbound: Tan card covers

American Numismatic Society Numismatic Notes & Monographs No. 102

A collected reprint of Noe's three works, The Silver Coinage Of Massachusetts, was published by Quarterman in 1973.