Massachusetts Pine Tree Shilling
Robert Sanderson, American, 1608 - 1693
John Hull, American, 1624 - 1683
1667-1674
Silver
Overall: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. Harrington in honor of Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.991.3.5
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Money
Research Area
Numismatics: World Currency
Not on view
Inscriptions
obv: [illeg.]ASATUSET[illeg.] [around pine tree] rev: [illeg.]WENGLANDA[illeg.] / 1652 / XII
Course History
HIST 9.01, America: From Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2019
CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022
HIST 5.14, Americas: Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite and Ernesto Mercadeo-Montero, Fall 2022
History 5.14, Americas: From Invasion to Independence, Ernesto Mercado-Montero and Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2023
Provenance
Collected by Frank Leighton Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988), Worcester, Massachusetts; bequeathed to Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts, 1988; given to present collection, 1991.
Catalogue Raisonne
Breen 44
This record is part of an active database that includes information from historic documentation that may not have been recently reviewed. Information may be inaccurate or incomplete. We also acknowledge some language and imagery may be offensive, violent, or discriminatory. These records reflect the institution’s history or the views of artists or scholars, past and present. Our collections research is ongoing.
We welcome questions, feedback, and suggestions for improvement. Please contact us at: Hood.Collections@dartmouth.edu