Description: 2021 Zeewijk Shipwreck Royal Australian Mint 1 oz. 0.999 Triangular Silver Coinin unique Mint supplied triangular capsulelast coin in 4 coin series low mintage of 20,000 coinsalso have the complete 4 coin set listed on eBayHistory: The Zeewijk left the Netherlands in 1726 for Batavia with 208 seamen and a rich cargo of more than 315,000 guilders in ten chests. Having lost 28 men by the time it reached the Cape of Good Hope in 1727, further disaster soon struck when the Zeewijk hit reef off the Western Australian coast. Managing to set up camp on a nearby island and saving the chests of guilders, 11 of the survivors later launched the longboat to raise the alarm in Batavia. Tragically, these men were never seen again. Meanwhile, the remaining crew salvaged material from the Zeewijk’s wreck and ingeniously built another boat, named ‘Sloepie,’ reinforced with local mangrove timber. More than ten months after being shipwrecked, the men and chests of guilders set sail in Sloepie. After just four weeks, 82 survivors victoriously landed at Batavia in their makeshift boat. The Zeewijk was the last Dutch East Indiaman to be wrecked off the Western Australian coast and Sloepie was the first boat built by Europeans in Australia.
Price: 52.95 USD
Location: Boise, Idaho
End Time: 2024-09-11T21:01:05.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
Fineness: 0.999
Certification: Uncertified
Precious Metal Content per Unit: 1 oz
Year: 2021
Composition: Silver
