Lot 1488
Sale 141 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
Images
Coin 2
Description
Austria, Maria Theresa, restrike thalers, 1780X (KM.T1) (4, one proof); primitive cowrie shell money (3); soul currency, "kissie pennies" (5), salvaged from the Winterton wreck. Fine - uncirculated. (12)
Ex Alan McRae Collection, with his display tickets about the thaler and primitive currencies.^^The soul currency attributed to the wreck of the British East Indiaman Winterton, which wrecked seven miles off the western shore of Madagascar, hitting a reef whilst attempting to pass through the Mozambique Channel on the 20th August 1792. The ship broke apart on the 22nd, 250 passengers and crew survived.
- Estimate
- $250
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $300