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BAT - 1/2 Taler (1593)

Batavia

Coin Heritage

Province Mint Saxe - Alt Weimar

Soverign Issuer Friedrich Wilhelm I Johann III

Coin Type1/2 Taler

Country of OriginGermany

Date 1593

Coin Details

Weight 13.57g

Museum Reference

Catalogue de Mey 960 similar

Map of shipwreck

Batavia

Under commandeur Francisco Pelsaert, and Ariaen Jacobsz skipper, newly built Batavia sailed from Texel 27 October 1628 for the Dutch East Indies with bullion, goods and silver. On 4 June 1629 the ship struck a reef near Beacon Island in the Houtman Abrolhos. Of the 322 aboard 40 drowned and the rest got ashore. In search of water and food Jacobsz, Pelsaert and others left site in a 30-foot (9....