Province Mint Mansfeld
Soverign Issuer David
Coin TypeTaler
Country of OriginGermany
Date 1615
Composition Silver
Condition VG
Date Found 1970
Registration Number 6571
Catalogue Dav.6977
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....