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The Big Sky Hoard and its Eisenhower dollars
The Big Sky treasure was found in a bank in Montana. Consisting only of Eisenhower dollars, it is considered one of the largest collections of this type of American currency.…
The treasure of the Hollandia
The Hollandia was an East India Company merchant ship that sank in 1743 in the Isles of Scilly in the Celtic Sea, off the coast of Cornwall. The wreck was…
SS Central America: the curse of a treasure
In 2018, California’s Long Beach Convention Center held an auction of the SS Central America’s treasure: 45 bars, 3,100 gold coins and more than 36 kilograms of gold dust, worth…
The sinking of the Akerendam
On January 19, 1725, the Akerendam began its journey from the island of Texel in the Netherlands. It was accompanied by two other ships, all heading for Batavia, the former…
The Great Montana Collection
The Great Montana Collection is the name given to the private treasure of an American businessman. Zollie Kelman, a seasoned numismatist, chose his coins wisely and kept them at home…
The sinking of the ship De Liefde
The Dutch East India Company (in old Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) owned three ships named De Liefde (The Love). The first two had already been lost in the…
