Obverse: Device--A hog, standing, facing left, above which are displayed the Roman numerals "XII.," the whole surrounded by a beaded circle. Legend: "SOMMER ISLANDS" around which is a beaded circle like that enclosing the device.
Reverse: Device--A full-rigged ship under sail to the left, a flag flying from each of her four masts--enclosed in a beaded circle, the beads larger than on the obverse. Copper; size, 19; weight, 177 grains.
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