Province Mint Unidentified
Soverign Issuer Unknown
Coin Type1/2 Rijksdaalder
Country of OriginUnited Netherlands
Composition Silver
Condition P Corroded
Date Found 1970
Registration Number 659
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....