1652 PINE TREE SCHILLING, LG PL, PELLETS MS62
LARGE PLANCHET. RARITY-2. WITH PELLETS.
SKU:
138407
Cert Number:
4627812007
In 1652 the Physician-General of Britain’s army under Oliver Cromwell, Dr. William Petty, claimed that some 100,000 Irish men were brought to North America as slaves. This 1652 Pine Tree shilling recalls the little known Irish slave trade.