Lot 2569

Sale 83 · Important Australian & World Coins & Banknotes

Description

Spanish Netherlands, Philip IV. Flanders, silver ducaton, 1644, (KM.50). About very fine with minor flan flaw and light hoard patination.

Ex the wreck of the 'De Liefde' (The Love) a Dutch East-Indiaman ship wrecked off the out Skerries (the most easterly of the Shetland Islands), 7th November 1711 which carried a lot of these coins all dated 1711. The ship was 160 feet long and armed with forty cannons. The lot includes Ponterio and Associates Certificate of Authencity, 15/9/1992, weight 32.33 grams, signed by Richard Ponterio, President.

Estimate
$200
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$460

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