Province Mint Liege
Soverign Issuer Gerard de Groesbeeck (Maximillian II)
Coin TypeTaler
Date 1568
Weight 28.62g
Composition Silver
Condition F Bent
Date Found 1970
Registration Number 5408
Catalogue Dav. 8415
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....