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BAT1516 - 1/2 Taler (1589)
Batavia
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark #NAME?
Province Mint Braunschweig - Wolfenbuttel/Goslar
Soverign Issuer Julius
Coin Type1/2 Taler
Country of OriginGermany
Date 1589
Coin Details
Weight 14.12g
Composition Silver
Condition F
Date Found 1970
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1516
Catalogue T/O. Dav. 9067 but 1/2 Taler
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....
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