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Silver VOC - Dutch East India Comapny Ingot.
This solid silver ingot was recovered in 2004 from the wreck of the Dutch East Indiaman 'Rooswijk' which was built in 1737 and foundered in 1739 on Goodwin Sands. Goodwin Sands is a notorious area of shifting sands lying 10 km (6 miles) off the Kent coast near Deal.
The ingot shows the markins 'A' for Amsterdam and 'VOC' which is the sign of the Dutch East India Company. The ingot was probably cast by the assayers Grill who used the sign of the goat.
Dutch VOC ingots were made by assayers in private factories from melted coins, mainly Spanish American "reales de a ocho" or "pieces of eight". This makes the ingots extremely rare as on arrival in the East they were traded for the spices and fabrics which were so popular in Europe. The bars were then melted down to make local currency and the silver jewellery which was so popular in the Dutch colony of Batavia, now Indonesia. And so it is only from the wreck of the Rooswijk and two other ships (Slot ter Hog and the Bredehof) that these bullion bars are recovered.
Weight just under 2 kilos.
Dimensions
Height 4 cm Width 15 cm Depth 3 cmWeight
Almost 2 kilosStock number
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