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ZT69057004 - 6 Stuivers (1711)

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)

Coin Heritage

Mint Mark Tower

Province Mint Zeeland

Soverign Issuer Estates General

Coin Type6 Stuivers

Country of OriginUnited Netherlands

Date 1711

Coin Details

Weight 413.50g

Composition Silver

Condition P

Date Found 1971 =1978

Museum Reference

Registration Number 69057004

ANCODS WA Allocation

Catalogue De Vries # 76

Numismatics

Map of shipwreck

Zuiddorp (Zuytdorp)

This is the only ship that needs permission to dive on in WA. Protected zone 500 m around wreck. On 1 August 1711 Zuytdorp also Zuiddorp (meaning ‘South village’) was dispatched from the Netherlands to the trading port of Batavia. It never arrived at its destination. No search was undertaken, since there was no idea where the ship was lost. The crew were never heard from again. In 1834,...

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