Shipwreck Coins!
La Dromadaire Shipwreck
1761
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
FRANCE - PART 3 France 1737-1739 |
| Design Description: |
Ecu |
| Item Description: |
Silver ECU 1737(9) DAV-1330 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC GENUINE |
| Owner: |
Von Werner |
Owner Comments:
Nice shipwreck coin of a large silver French Ecu from the shipwreck La Dromadaire. La Dromadaire was a French East India Company vessel that was carrying 144 people and a chest of silver when she got lost in harsh weather fog and slammed into a reef off St Vincent, near Cape Verde. It was late 1761. The ship broke in two and 77 survivors were rescued by a Dutch ship.
The wreck was found on January 22, 1996 during a survey of St Vincent. Along with the chest, 19 cannons were recovered.
Coins of this wreck tend to be a bit rough, but the quantity of salvaged coins attributed to this wreck is very low as it was only carrying one chest!