Bermuda, Sommer Islands Co, brass Shilling [1616], ‘Hog money’, small sails variety, boar left, xii above, rev. three-masted sailing ship left, 6.16g/6h (Prid 1; Crosby pl. 1/1; KM. A5). Small dent in centre of obverse, weak in places but the denomination and much of the hog clear, nearly very fine for issue, extremely rare £4,000-6,000

Provenance: Stack’s Auction (New York), 12 November 1957; H.M. Oechsner Collection, Stack’s Auction (New York), 8-9 September 1988, lot 925