Mint Mark Sunburst
Province Mint Lubeck
Soverign Issuer Ferdinand II
Coin Type1/2 Taler
Country of OriginGermany
Date 1627
Weight 14.18g
Composition Silver
Condition VF
Date Found 1970
Registration Number 4475
Catalogue T/O. Dav. 5449
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....