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Ducatoon Rider 1742 – Shipwreck treasure – Hollandia
440€
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United Netherlands
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Ducatoon Rider 1742 – Shipwreck treasure – Hollandia
440€
Description:
Ducaton Silver Rider from United Netherlands with a pleasant appearance with bright. Surface corrosion. Very nice strike with all the details for the rider. Very nice example.
Period
United Netherlands
Type
Ducatoon
Year
1742
Mint name
Utrecht
Diameter
42,3 mm
Weight
32,4 g
Metal
Silver
Rarity
Very rare
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Pedigree :
Coin delivered with generic certificate ( torn on the top ) recovered from: Hollandia, sunk in 1743 off the Isles of Scilly, southwest of England.
Hollandia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC) which wrecked on Annet, Isles of Scilly on 13 July 1743 causing 276 fatalities. The wreck was discovered in 1971 by Rex Cowan, a London attorney. Read the article
