One-shilling coin made in 17th C. New England could sell for $300K

A mid-17th-century New England shilling, the finest example among the 40 or so known, could sell for $300,000 in London in November. Image courtesy of Morton & Eden
A mid-17th-century New England shilling, the finest example among the 40 or so known, could sell for $300,000 in London in November. Image courtesy of Morton & Eden
A mid-17th-century New England shilling, the finest example among the 40 or so known, could sell for $300,000 in London in November. Image courtesy of Morton & Eden

LONDON (AP) – An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it’s put up for auction in London next month.

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