Lot 1615
Sale 141 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
India, Madras Presidency, copper ten cash, 1808 (9) (KM.320), copper twenty cash, 1808 (KM.321), salvaged from the 1809 wreck of the Admiral Gardner, mounted to a display board. Some evidence of salt water corrosion on a few coins, otherwise very fine and better. (10)
Ex Alan McRae Collection, with his display ticket.^^The East Indiaman "Admiral Gardner" ran aground in the English Channel enroute to Calcutta in India, carrying a consignment of 10 and 20 cash coins for the EIC's trading posts. ^
- Estimate
- $50
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $240