1652 United States 4 Shilling Value

The 1652 United States 4 Shilling carries a current retail range of about its melt value to well into four figures across circulated and Mint State grades. The figures below break the range down grade by grade.

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1652 United States 4 Shilling value by grade

1652 United States 4 Shilling value by grade
GradeEstimated value

Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.

What is a 1652 United States 4 Shilling worth right now?

Pricing for the 1652 United States 4 Shilling depends on grade and current collector demand.

1652 United States 4 Shilling specifications

Series
United States Coinage
Year
1652
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
White Metal
Weight
22.918 g

Why there is no letter on this coin

The 1652 United States 4 Shilling was struck at the Philadelphia Mint, which used no mint mark in this era. If you find no letter where branch-mint coins carry one (check the usual position for this series), you are holding a Philadelphia issue.

What makes the 1652 United States 4 Shilling valuable

Context adds the final layer to the 1652 United States 4 Shilling. Documented United States coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.

Documented examples of the 1652 United States 4 Shilling in our reference database anchor what we know about this issue. Mintage records are incomplete, so collector demand and surviving population drive its market.

1652 United States 4 Shilling inscriptions & design

Obverse

IN MASATHVSETS

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Reverse

NEW ENGLAND : AN : DOM *

IV / SHILLING / 1652

Measured 1652 United States 4 Shilling specimens

1 physically measured 1652 United States 4 Shilling example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 22.918 g, mm minting standard.

Measured 1652 United States 4 Shilling specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1652 United States 4 Shilling #122.918 g---

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.