East India Company Cash coin from shipwreck

rfogg · October 29, 2004 2:06AM

Here is an 1808 East India Company Cash coin found aboard the sunken ship Admiral Gardner in 1985 and which went dowm in Jan. 1809.
The coin was lightly wrapped and stored in wooden casks so the damage from submergence was minimal. I have a couple of these in plastic slabs and was just looking for some info. Any opinions?

Shipcoin · October 29, 2004 3:18AM

Great pics and very attractive coin

Thanks for posting them for us.

If I'm not mistaken it was the thread here a few weeks ago, regarding these or similiar EIC coins. Anybody? Laurent or Theboz may be ?

coachleonard · October 29, 2004 3:24AM

I have one of those-- yours seems to be in fairly typical condition from the other ones I have seen: basically mint state, but some
surface roughness from being underwater and/or cleaned. I always think shipwreck coins are interesting.

rfogg · October 29, 2004 3:31AM

I don't think it's been cleaned. I have another that looks like it did not weather as well under sea. They come in a nice 'Certificate of Authenticity" slab so it seems they'd clean them all instead of just some. But what do I know?

theboz11 · October 29, 2004 3:39AM

I have some east India but not Shipwreck.

cosmicdebris · October 29, 2004 4:02AM

Those are cool!

Weiss · October 29, 2004 4:47AM

If I recall correctly, the salvagers went bankrupt when they started to release these coins. There were just so many found, tens if not hundreds of thousands, all identical.

Link 1 to Admiral Gardner coins

Link 2 to Admiral Garnder coins

Link 3 to Admiral Garnder coins

East India Company Cash coin from shipwreck

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