Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-20
BERMUDA HOG MONEY"
Rare Examples OF Pre-Rcvolutionnry
Currency.

From the New York Tribune)
The J. -. Cadecott collection Of coins
and tokens of the British possessions and
colonies, which will he sold at Sotheby's
in London on June II. 10 and 13, is of
special interest to American numismatists
because It contains many rarittes of our
prcReVolutionary period There are, for
instance. three values Of the celebra ted
Hog Money" of Somers Island, or Ber-
muda These three coins were found in
bermuda and were taken to England in
lSNS. when they We're hrouEht by Mr.. cal
decott. The coins Of THIS series We're
struck on copper plated with silver.
The rarest of the three issues is the
twopence. on the diverse Is the figure
of a hog with value n above and small,
fve-pointed star underneath. on the re-
verse is a two-masted galleon between
the letters :. (Somorel and | dslardsD \
dotted circle surrounds the design on each
side The other two values are the six
pence and the shilling. each of them hav-
ing the figure of a hog within a beaded
circle and on the reverse a four-masted
galleon carrying sail on three masts.
Among the early Massachusetts coins
Tree sixpence, double struck. as are all
these coins: seven oak Tree shilings six
Oak Tree threepence. 10 large and nine
small Pine Tree shillnEs, five Pine Tree
throepence, and trial on copper of die
for a small Pine Tree shilling. of which
only one other specimen is known.
Maryland is represented by a groat,
siXpence, and shilling issued by Lord
Baltimore. The design on each Is the
same, with the exception of the value.
The diverse has Lord Baltimore's bust.
with the words, "Caecilius: Dns: Ter
race Mariae, &c" On the reverse the
Baltimore arms, "Crescite: ct: Multiple
camini." There Is a trial in copper OF a
die for a sixpence of which the only
other known specimen IS in the British
museum.
There are also St Patrick pence and
halfpenco, Carolina copper halfpennics,
1884, with elephant on diverse, reverse,
God preserve Carolina and the lords
proprictors:" Virginia penny and half
pennies 1913, and pewter James II plan
tation" halfpennies, proof Kentucky half
penny in silver
The Rosa Americana series IS well rep
resented by the hafpcnnies, pennies and
twopence; pollen twopence, l12i, one of
three known specimens; proof in steel OF
the diverse of the pollen twopence, 1873.
only six specimens known ana electro
types Of the pollen twopence. 1913. In
bron2ed and plain copper and silver. There
are two unique varieties OF the counter
marked dollar for Canada Of 1885, and
many rare patterns and proofs for that
pom!n on struck under Queen Victoria.
The collection also contains many of the
earlier patterns for the Isle OF Man. and
is rich in co!nages of the East India COM
pany for India and the East, especially
those struck in the native style prior TO
l1a" and Tie initial cuiua"c~ for Bonn
hay. The issues OF the Hong Kong mint
and the various coinages for the African
continent arc also fully represented
The strongest feature. perhaps, is found
in the pierced. countermarked and cut
Spanish dollars for the West Indies.
numbering some $50 pieces. a. well as In
specimens OF Portuguese half-dollars,
plugged and countermarked for these
islands, which form the most complete
collection of these coins yet got together,