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BAT376 - Waspentaler (1599)

Batavia

Coin Heritage

Province Mint Braunschweig - Wolfenbuttel

Soverign Issuer Heinrich Julius

Coin TypeWaspentaler

Country of OriginGermany

Date 1599

Coin Details

Weight 24.53g

Composition Silver

Condition aVG

Date Found 1970

Museum Reference

Registration Number 376

ANCODS Commonwealth Govt. Allocation

Catalogue Dav. 9093

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....