Province Mint Brabant
Soverign Issuer Felipe II
Coin TypeDaalder
Country of OriginSpanish Netherlands
Date 1567
Weight 26.19g
Composition Silver
Condition VG
Date Found 1963
Registration Number 1
Catalogue Dav. 8640 Del. 90
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....