Shipwreck Coins
Lot 2575 Session 9 (4.30pm Thursday) Shipwreck Coins
Estimate $150
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NETHERLANDS, West Friesland, silver ducaton 'rider', type prior to 1674, c.1659-1674, date worn not legible, (KM.46). Waterworn, fine - very fine, with some minor corrosion and 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. The ship was 160 feet long and armed with forty cannons.
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NETHERLANDS, West Friesland, silver ducaton 'rider', type prior to 1674, c.1659-1674, date worn not legible, ...
Estimate $150
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