FREE: 1804 **SHIPWRECK COIN** EAST INDIA COMPANY COPPER COIN

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This old shipwreck coin was recovered off the coast of Sumatra, and was made by the English owned - East India Company.

Metal; Copper
Date: 1804
Size: About the size of a modern U.S. Nickel

Features: The cross of St George has the arms of Great Britain in the first quarter. The supporters are Lions rampant, bearing standards with flags carrying the cross of St. George. Above the shield is the crest of a lion rampant, standing on a helm, on a torso, holding between the forepaws an Imperial crown. The whole rests on a scroll whose Latin is translated as “Under the Auspices of the Sovereign and Senate of England.”

History:

East India Company built huge ships during 19th Century for trade with Asia -specifically China. The ships were 12 to 14 hundred tons and carried twenty to thirty cannons; necessary to fight off pirates. Their Captains were mostly ex-Royal Navy officers and they sailed from China in a fleet under a Commodore. Treacherous waters, pirates, and storms gave way to countless treasure lying at the bottom of the ocean.