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[Coinstar magnet]

A friend of mine here in Massachusetts shared a couple pics from his coin collection that was handed down...this looks rare to me...any more info is most appreciated!

 

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1630-1930 Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary John Hull Pine Tree Shilling medal.. By Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, N. J. About 20,000 struck. Part of a series of medals issued for the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary in 1930.
Don in SoCal

 

[Mackaydon]

His significance: John Hull and Robert Sanderson officially opened the Massachusetts Bay Mint in Boston, issuing the first coins produced in what is now the United States.
Don in SoCal

 

[Coinstar magnet]

His significance: John Hull and Robert Sanderson officially opened the Massachusetts Bay Mint in Boston, issuing the first coins produced in what is now the United States.
Don in SoCal

Thanks Don,
I'll pass that information on.
Much appreciated!

 

[Jose The Goon]

Interesting that Hull's daughter's dowry was her weight in Pine Tree Shillings. (given to the groom's family I presume)
That's a lot of coins !! I wonder what happened to them all ?
Nice post. Thanks.

 

[Digger RJ]

A friend of mine here in Massachusetts shared a couple pics from his coin collection that was handed down...this looks rare to me...any more info is most appreciated!

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Mackaydon]

Tradition says that John Hull placed his daughter in one of the scales and heaped in the other with silver, filling it with Pine-Tree shillings until the scales balanced. The wedding present amounted to a dowry of £500. The weight of this amount being 125 pounds may very well have approximated the bride's weight.
Don in SoCal