Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . VIRGINIA COINAGE. Although it is claimed that the earliest Ameri-can or colonial State coin was the SommerIslands shilling, and circulated in Virginiaabout 1612, thus ante-dating the Massachusettsshilling fifty years, yet the Sommer Islandswere in Bermuda, where, in 1609, Sir GeorgeSommers was wrecked, and the islands subse-quently became possessions of Great Britian. ALondon, afterwards a Virginia Co., colonizedthe Sommer Islands, under the managementof Sir George Calvert; subsequently, this gentle-man became the
Rare American coins: their description, and past and present fictitious values . VIRGINIA COINAGE. Although it is claimed that the earliest Ameri-can or colonial State coin was the SommerIslands shilling, and circulated in Virginiaabout 1612, thus ante-dating the Massachusettsshilling fifty years, yet the Sommer Islandswere in Bermuda, where, in 1609, Sir GeorgeSommers was wrecked, and the islands subse-quently became possessions of Great Britian. ALondon, afterwards a Virginia Co., colonizedthe Sommer Islands, under the managementof Sir George Calvert; subsequently, this gentle-man became the founder of Maryland, and anadherent of the Roman Catholic Church, al-though previously belonging to the Church ofEngland, and finally was forgiven his apostacy,and made Lord Baltimore by King James. A private token, called the Gloucester Piece,was probably the first token issued in Virginia;but the first regular coinage prepared for Vir-ginia, was the Virginia Half Penny, , bust of Geo. III., legend, GeorgiusRex III; reverse, a shield crowned, quarteredby the arm
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