1652 PINE TREE SHILLING, PINE TR, LG PL, PELLETS MS65
PELLETS AT TRUNK. LARGE PLANCHET. GEM SURFACES(73.8 gr.) NOE-1. ONLY FOUR COINS GRADED HIGHER.
SKU:
139750
Cert Number:
4627812009
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.