Sommer Is Shilling W-15445 Mule Dickeson Copy-Wuesthoff Fantasy

Coin Details

Description

A fantasy mule combining Sommer Islands Dickeson copy dies with unrelated Wuesthoff dies, cataloged as W-15445 in the Whitman reference. Montroville Wilson Dickeson of Philadelphia struck copies of the Sommer Islands shilling in the 1850s; Kenney lists the copy under Dickeson as no. 1, and examples are known in copper, brass, nickel and white metal. The copy follows the originals closely but not exactly: its legend has stars where the originals have stops, and the ship shows a puff of smoke from a firing cannon. Its ship die was also paired with other dies, and the resulting mules carry their own Whitman (W-) and Kenney numbers in the PCGS listings. PCGS lists this piece as a mule pairing a Dickeson copy die with a Wuesthoff fantasy die. It is catalogued as W-15445. The genuine coin it imitates is listed in the catalog as (1616) Sommer Islands Shilling - Small Sails.

Cross References

W-15445