Beautiful Heavy 4 REALE - HOLLANDIA shipwreck 1743 Dutch East Indiaman VOC

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Beautiful Heavy 4 REALE - HOLLANDIA shipwreck 1743 Dutch East Indiaman VOC:
$176.78

This is a superb CONDITION c1732 Spanish FOUR Reale which was recovered from the Dutch East Indiaman HOLLANDIA which sunk on the ISLES OF SCILLY in 1743. It weighs in at full weight of 13.4 gms . This comes complete with a certificate of authenticity including a referenced photo of the actual coin and in a presentation box .

HOLLANDIA.

On July 3, 1743, the Hollandia set sail onher maiden voyage from Texel in the Netherlands towards Batavia (Present dayIndonesia). On board were 276 sailors and soldiers as well as a number ofdistinguished passengers. Under the command of Captain Jan Kelder, the shiptoted 129,000 guilders in silver in the form of \"pillar\" dollars.There were also quite a number of 8 reale cobs and ducatons on board ! These were the property of the Captain, wealthypassengers and crew members .These werecontraband as the owners intended totrade for themselves outside of theCompany !!

The Hollandia had begun her trip by headingwestward through the English Channel but through a disastrous navigationalerror headed west-northwest; dangerously close to the rocks of the ScillyIsles. Efforts to correct the mistake failed; the Hollandia struck Gunner rockon the night of July 13th.

Badly damaged but still afloat, the captainordered one or more of the Hollandia\'s cannon guns be fired as a distresssignal but the terrified islanders were unable to assist in the dark night andthe periously rough sea conditions.

By morning nothing remained of the ship butfloating debris; all 276 members aboard perished and the ship\'s precious cargowas lost.

In 1972 our professional team ofdivers and technicians located the Hollandia\'s remains which were scatteredover a wide area of the sea-bed; a limited number of coins were recovered fromthe wreck one of which is presented herein.

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