1 Shilling from Boston, Massachusetts Maker: Robert Sanderson (American, born England, 1608–1693)
Maker: John Hull (American, born England, 1624–1683)

1667–74

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

4.55 g, 12:00, 31.8 mm

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1364

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

17th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: IN MASATHUSETS [N reversed] inwardly from 5:00 between two borders of dots; in center, pine tree

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: NEW ENGLAND AN DOM inwardly from 6:30 between two borders of dots; in center, 1652 / XII
Provenance
Francis P. Garvan, New York, to 1930; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2023), 78–79, no. 23, ill
  • Barbara M. Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1979), 11, 58–59, no. 15d, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

coins, money, shillings

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