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Vliegenthart Shipwreck Coins
The
Vliegenthart (Flying Hart), a Dutch East Indiaman, was lost on February
3rd, 1735 after striking a sand bank off the coast of Zealand. Every
one of the 461 sailors, soldiers and merchants aboard perished. The
vessel, sailing out of the Netherlands port of Rammekens, carried three
chests of gold and silver (mainly Dutch gold ducats and Spanish colonial
pieces of eight from the Mexico mint), for trade in the East Indies.
Search operations conducted by Rex Cowen and John Rose in collaboration
with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, resulted in the wrecks discovery in late
1981. The work is financed by the sale of recovered material offered
only after it is examined and cataloged by the National Museum, The Coin
Cabinet in Leyden Holland. Certificates of
Authenticity accompany all Vliegenthart Shipwreck treasure coins.
Original Vliegenthart
certificates of authenticity come in two types.
Type 1 certificates are in
pamphlet form and are assigned a specific identification number; they
include a two page description of the ships loss, discovery, and
salvage. Type 2 certificates
are printed on a single page and are not assigned an identification
number; they do however include most of the description found on type 1
certificates. |
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Vliegenthart - 8 Reales |
Item#: 7447
Denomination: 8 reales
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: R
Weight: 25.4 grams
Diameter: 1.3-1.4 inches
Price: $345.00 BUY
ITEM
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type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, circa 1729-1730. Features include an
80% full cross
with all lions and castles at least partially visible. The shield
side displays a 75% full shield with the oM and R mint and
assayer marks at left. An excellent coin with
nice surfaces and great toning. Supplied with the original
type 2 certificate of authenticity
as described above. |
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Vliegenthart - 8 Reales |
Item#: 9038
Denomination: 8 reales
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: F
Weight: 26.5 grams
Diameter: 1.1-1.4 inches
Price: $445.00
SOLD
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type cob, Mexico mint, assayer F, Philip V, dated 1732.
Cross side features include a nearly full cross with all lions
and castles visible. The shield side
features include full and
bold mint and assayer marks oM and F in addition to the full
date 1732. An
excellent example of one of the last cobs struck at
the Mexico mint as their production ceased in 1733.
Supplied with the original
type 2 certificate of authenticity
as described above. |
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Vliegenthart - 8 Reales |
Item#: 5072
Denomination: 8 reales
Mint: Mexico
Assayer: R
Weight: 24.2 grams
Diameter: 1.2-1.5 inches
Price: $325.00 BUY
ITEM
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type cob, Mexico mint, Philip V, assayer R (two year assayer)
circa 1729-1730. Cross side features include a full cross
with all lions and castles visible. Shield side features
include a 60% full shield with full and mint and assayer marks oM
and R, and
the first two digits of the date 17xx. An excellent
coin with nearly all of the major and important attributes fully visible.
Supplied with the original
type 1 certificate of authenticity
as described above. |
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Vliegenthart - 1 Ducat |
Item#: 9039
Denomination: 1 Ducat
Mint: Holland
Weight: NGC encapsulated
Diameter: .9 inches
Price: $1195.00 BUY
ITEM
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ducat, Netherlands Holland mint, dated 1729,
NGC graded mint state MS62 for condition. Reserve: knight facing
right standing in armor with a sword in right hand and a bundle
of arrows in the left. Obverse: Ornamental square
tablet with Latin legend that translates "Coin of government of
the provincial federation of Belgium conforming with the law of
the Imperial." An near perfect but yet affordable gold world trade treasure coin
of great historical valve (nicer than the images suggest due to
the difficulty in taking coin images through the plastic holder). Supplied with the original
type 2 certificate
of authenticity as described above. |
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