Silver rider Gelderland 1734/3 – Vliegent Hert NGC VF35 Shipwreck graded

975.00

Obverse: MO : NO : ARG : PRO: CONF: – BELG: D: GEL & CZ, knight with sword held high on horseback right, crowned shield of province underneath
Reverse: CONCORDIA . – RES . PARVÆ – CRESCUNT : crowned shield of the Generality, flanked by standing and crowned lions, year in cartouche with leaf ornaments underneath
 
RARE PROVINCE
 
RARE OVERDATE
 
Recovered from the wreck of the VOC ship ‘Vliegent Hert’
 
With NGC Shipwreck certification
 
‘t Vliegend Hert, also known as ‘t Vliegend Hart, was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It was built in 1729 for the VOC Chamber of Zeeland. It had a capacity for 850 tons of cargo and 256 crew members.
On February 3 1735 the ship set sail from Rammekens to East India, under the command of Cornelis van der Horst. Along with its sister ship the Anna Catharina, which had sailed out at the same time, ’T Vliegend Hert hit a sandbank 18 km off the coast of Vlissingen and sunk. All those on board perished.
The wreck of ‘t Vliegend Hert was discovered in September 1981. A money chest with 2000 gold ducats and 5000 silver reales were found among other things. One remarkable discovery were lead containers holding tobacco, anchovies and cheese.

 

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Diameter

41.4 mm

Grade

Very Fine

Reference

Delm. 1010 (R1); CNM 2.17.132