Shipwreck Coins!
Admiral Gardner Shipwreck
1809
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
INDIA - BRITISH |
| Item Description: |
10CASH 1808 MADRAS PRESIDENCY (4.7g) Admiral Gardner |
| Full Grade: |
NGC GENUINE |
| Owner: |
Von Werner |
Owner Comments:
The Admiral Gardner was a British East India Company ship returning from India and carrying a number of chests of copper 10 and 20 cash coins. She broke free from her moorings and wrecked January 24, 1809 on Goodwin Sands in the North Sea, about 6 miles off the coast of Kent, England. The wreck was discovered in 1984 and a number of coins were recovered in 1985. The site was designated under the protections of wrecks act on May 5, 1985.