Mint Mark Sunburst
Province Mint Lubeck
Soverign Issuer Mathias I
Coin TypeTaler
Country of OriginGermany
Date 1619
Weight 27.39g
Composition Silver
Condition aVF
Date Found 1970
Registration Number 4473
Catalogue Dav. 5447
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....