Sommer Islands Coins
Base
About This Coin
Commonly known as "Hogge Money" after the wild hog on the obverse, the Sommer Islands coinage represents the earliest English coinage struck for use in the Americas. Hogge money was the first coinage made for an English colony in America: shillings, sixpences, threepences and twopences for the Somers Islands (Bermuda), which James I authorized on June 29, 1615. The pieces are brass with a thin wash of silver and show a hog on the obverse; the shilling and sixpence show a ship on the reverse, while the two smaller values have a single ring of beads and no legend. They stood for amounts of tobacco, the money of the islands, and were given up by 1624.
Specifications
Strike Types & Varieties(8)
(1616) Sommer Islands Shilling - Large Sails
(1616) Sommer Islands Shilling - Small Sails
(1616) Sommer Islands Sixpence - Large Portholes
(1616) Sommer Islands Sixpence - Small Portholes
(1616) Sommer Islands Threepence
(1616) Sommer Islands Twopence
(1616) Sommer Islands Twopence - Large Star
(1616) Sommer Islands Twopence - Small Star
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