Lot 3740

Description

Netherlands, Utrecht, silver ducat or rider, 1711, obv. rider on horse to right, rev. arms, date below, (D.1832); Spanish Netherlands, Low Countries, Philip IV (1621-1665), Brabant, Brussels, silver ducaton, 16XX, obv. bust right, rev. arms, (van Gelder & Hoc 327.3b, D.4454); Shipwreck coins, a set of two, ten and twenty cash, East India Company copper coins recovered from the wreck of the Admiral Gardner that sank on Goodwin Sands 25 January 1809, housed in a sealed presentation card; England, Elizabeth I, (1558-1603), fifth issue, halfgroat, mm crescent (1587-9) (S.2579). First two coins are very waterworn, second severely bent, some surface porosity, otherwise very good - very fine. (5)

Ex Banking and Currency Museum. Ex Wreck of the 'De Liefde' (The Love), the Dutch East Indiaman wrecked late October 1711 off the Shetland Islands for the first two coins.