1 New England Shilling, Massachusetts, 1652
date: label: date made
content: 1652
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) New England shilling coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: Massachusetts, 1652
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: NE
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: N/A
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: XII
label: Description
content: The first coins made in what would later become the United States were plain silver discs, hand-stamped with the letters NE (New England) on the obverse, and a Roman numeral value on the reverse. The coinage was produced in Massachusetts in 1652, during the Commonwealth period. Previously, only the English monarch could authorize coinage, but with the English throne vacant, this law was not upheld.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts
label: place made
content: United States: New England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Emery May Holden Norweb
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.82.48.40
label: accession number
content: 1982.0798
label: catalog number
content: 82.48.40
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 2.8 cm; 1/32 in x 1 3/32 in