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Duche Brabant – Philippe IV – Ducatoon 1639 – Shipwreck treasure – Hollandia

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Duche Brabant – Philippe IV – Ducatoon 1639 – Shipwreck treasure – Hollandia

350

Description:

Coin with a pleasant appearance with bright. Surface corrosion.

Period
Philippe IV
Type
Ducatoon
Year
1639
Mint name
Spanish Netherlands
Diameter
42,8 mm
Weight
31,85 g
Metal
Silver
Rarity
Very rare
  • Pedigree :

    Pedigreed to the Sotheby, Parke-Bernet auction of June 1972, with original lot-tags. 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.

     

     

  • Comments :

    Ducatoon second type.