(1616) SHILNG Sommer Islands Shilling, Small Sail -- Environmental Damage -- PCGS Genuine. VF Details. Breen-2, BMA Type...

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(1616) Sommer Islands Shilling, VF Details
Small Sail, W-11460

(1616) SHILNG Sommer Islands Shilling, Small Sail -- Environmental Damage -- PCGS Genuine. VF Details. Breen-2, BMA Type I, W-11460, R.5. The Sommer Islands coinage was probably struck in England circa 1616 for use in the Bermuda colony. The coins were all struck on brass planchets and lightly silvered. Four denominations are known, twopence, threepence, sixpence, and shillings. There are rumors of a fourpence "groat" and a one penny denomination, but no examples of those denominations have ever been confirmed. All the denominations feature a similar design with a hog on the obverse and a sailing ship on the reverse. There are two varieties of the shilling, one with Small Sails on the ship and the other with Large Sails. The Small Sails variety is seen most often, but all Sommer Islands coinage is rare in the absolute sense.

This attractive Small Sails example exhibits some light corrosion on the steel-brown surfaces, which retain traces of the light silver plating. The planchet is clipped at 6 o'clock on the obverse and the reverse has a die orientation of about 60 degrees clockwise from the obverse. The outline of the hog is visible and the XII denomination is legible, if weak, but only the letters OMM R IL ND in the SOMMER ILANDS legend remain discernible. On the other hand, much interior detail remains intact on the ship. The overall presentation is most attractive for this rare colonial issue. Listed on page 38 of the 2020 Guide Book.

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