Shipwreck Coins
Lot 2569 Session 9 (4.30pm Thursday) Shipwreck Coins
Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $460
SPANISH NETHERLANDS, Philip IV. Flanders, silver ducaton, 1644, (KM.50). About very fine with minor flan flaw and light hoard patination.
Ex the wreck of the 'De Liefde' (The Love) a Dutch East-Indiaman ship wrecked off the out Skerries (the most easterly of the Shetland Islands), 7th November 1711 which carried a lot of these coins all dated 1711. The ship was 160 feet long and armed with forty cannons. The lot includes Ponterio and Associates Certificate of Authencity, 15/9/1992, weight 32.33 grams, signed by Richard Ponterio, President.
Estimate / sale price does not include buyer's premium (currently 22% including GST) which is added to hammer price. All bids are executed on the understanding that the Terms & Conditions of sale have been read and accepted. For information on grading and estimates please refer to the Buying at Auction advice.
Quick find
View a lot by number and sale.
Adjacent lots
Lot 2567
NETHERLANDS, Overyssel, silver ducaton, 1742 (D.1829). Corroded and waterworn, fair.
Estimate $60
Lot 2568
MEXICO, Philip V, (1700-1746), milled eight reales, Mexico city mint, 1743MF (KM.103). Waterworn otherwise
Estimate $100
Lot 2569 This lot
SPANISH NETHERLANDS, Philip IV. Flanders, silver ducaton, 1644, (KM.50). About very fine with minor flan ...
Estimate $200
Lot 2570
SPANISH NETHERLANDS, Charles II, Brabant, silver ducaton 1670, (KM.79.2). Very fine or better with some ...
Estimate $200
Lot 2571
NETHERLANDS, Holland, silver ducaton 'rider', date not visible, (KM.51). About very fine with some corrosion ...
Estimate $100