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(1616) Sommer Islands Shilling, Small Sails, VF20 NGC. Breen-2, W-11460, R.5. ...
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Description
(1616) Sommer Islands Shilling, VF20
Small Sails, W-11460
(1616) Sommer Islands Shilling, Small Sails, VF20 NGC. Breen-2,
W-11460, R.5. The Sommer Islands coinage was stuck 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, featuring a hog on the
obverse and a sailing ship on the reverse. Hogs are not native to
Bermuda, but had been left on the island from a prior settlement,
and provided food for English emigrants. 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.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 6 of the 2026 Guide Book.
Ex: Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 9/2019), lot 3679; U.S. Coin Signature (Heritage, 8/2020), lot 3901; Central States Signature (Heritage, 4/2021), lot 4962.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# AUBG, PCGS# 6, Greysheet# 406)
Auction Info
2025 October 2 - 5 GACC US Coins Signature® Auction #1386 (go to Auction Home page)
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