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ˈhog-money
[From the figure of a hog borne on the obverse.]
The coinage in circulation in the Somers Isles (now Bermudas) in the beginning of the 17th c. It consisted of copper pieces silvered, of the value of 2d., 3d., 6d., and 1s.
[1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 183 They had for a time a certaine kinde of brasse money with a hogge on the one side, in memory of the abundance of hogges was found at their first landing.] 1883Numism. Chron. Ser. iii. III. 117 The peculiar currency known as hog-money, struck for circulation in the plantation of the Somers Isles under the Charter granted to the Bermuda Company by James I in 1609. 1898Miss Rawlings Brit. Coin. 204 It is..inferred that these pieces..date from some time between 1616 and 1624, and if this inference is correct the hog money has the honour of being the first coinage of the North American colonies. |