Province Mint Ostfriesland
Soverign Issuer Edzard II & Johann von Rietberg
Coin TypeTaler
Country of OriginGermany
Date (15)-82 (Not full Date)
Weight 27.30g
Condition VG
Catalogue de Mey 779 / Dav 9614
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....