Talk:Pine tree shilling

Removing this:

Inscription: "The Hull Mint – Near this site stood first mint in the British colonies of North America".

There is, in fact, a sign on the side of a building in downtown Boston with this text on it, but the sentence is just dropped into the page with no context - what is 'this site?' Without knowledge of Boston streets and the location of the sign, the sentence adds nothing. MarkinBoston (talk) 01:23, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

What does inscription say?

The page for the graphic claims the coins' inscriptions are:

• Obverse Inscription: NEW ENGLAND ANDOM.
• Reverse Inscription: MASATH SETS IN.

The first one is correct: NEW ENGLAND ANDOM 1652 means "New England, Anno Domini 1652."

But the back can't be right. The inscription circles the coin, so the starting point isn't obvious. But the starting point of the obverse inscription is the bullet before "New", so it's reasonable to suppose that the starting point of the reverse inscription is the bullet before "IN". And the coin is chipped, but there's clearly a letter after the H, and it appears to be a V. So the inscription becomes:

IN MASATHVSETS

We spell Massachusetts differently today, but I think the meaning is clear. — Lawrence King ^(talk) 03:52, 4 May 2024 (UTC)