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VARIOUS COUNTRIES, mints uncertain, clump of four heavily encrusted silver coins (either Dutch 2½ gu

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VARIOUS COUNTRIES, mints uncertain, clump of four heavily encrusted silver coins (either Dutch 2½ gu
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VARIOUS COUNTRIES, mints uncertain, clump of four heavily encrusted silver coins (either Dutch 2½ gulden or Mexican cap-and-rays 8 reales of the mid-1800s), rare provenance. 143 grams total. Roughly 3¼" x 2½" x 1". Interesting clump of four scattered coin "biscuits" encrusted together with thick white sedimentation and bits of shells, just a little bit broken off on one biscuit to show a rather solid and detailed coin inside, a neat piece from this rarely encountered shipwreck. Recovered by Bill Mathers in 1979, with copy of explanation letter and hand-written map showing the location of the wreck on an eponymous reef in the South China Sea (near Singapore) that is famous also for being the location of the 1752 wreck Geldermalsen ("Nanking Cargo"). The ship was named after a Dutch Naval hero in the Anglo-Dutch wars of the mid-1600s. Recovered from: Admiral Stellingwerf, sunk in 1856 off Bintan Island, Indonesia