Pair of Pine Tree Shillings
John Hull (Robert Sanderson (American, 1608–1693); Boston)
1663–82
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Each diam: H.: 2.3 cm (7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Boston
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
In 1652 the General Court of Massachusetts called upon John Hull and Robert Sanderson to establish the first local mint in the state. To prevent counterfeiting of the new currency, a design of a pine tree within a double-bead ring, enclosing the words IN MASATHVSETS on one side and NEW ENGLAND AN DOM on the other, was stamped on the coins. Although the coins were produced every year until 1682, all were stamped with the date of the founding of the mint: 1652.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
