Province Mint Hessen - Darmstadt
Soverign Issuer Ludwig II Landgrove of Hesse
Coin TypeTaler
Country of OriginGermany
Date 1623
Weight 23.69g
Composition Silver
Condition VG Corroded
Date Found 1963
Registration Number 453
ANCODS
Catalogue Dav. 6796
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....