FREE: 1780 VOC ***DUIT*** SHIPWRECK COIN **B201

The listing, 1780 VOC ***DUIT*** SHIPWRECK COIN **B201 has ended.

This coin was recovered off the coast of India.

Duits are a little smaller than a US Quarter as seen here. Copper.

This is the coin you will receive -as photographed.

The coin is clean, it has been cleaned.

note pry marks, sea corrosion

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The United Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie aka "VOC") was established in 1602 with the purpose of sending ships to Asia to buy pepper and spices. The VOC developed into a multinational entity with branches in a dozen Asian countries. By the mid-18th century, the company employed 36,000 people. It built its own ships, some 1,500, which in total made over 5,000 journeys to Asia, where a network of trading posts were founded from the Persian Gulf to the China Sea. The company was granted sovereign powers: it minted currency, occupied territories, and maintained an armada of warships and a small army, 10,000 strong, to defend its territories,

facilities, and ships. It was the first company ever to sell stock shares and was arguably the most powerful enterprise of its kind in all of history. It took a Dutch ship three to six months to travel from Holland to Batavia. Pirates, storms, treacherous waters, and warfare took their toll on these tall ships.
More than 250 ships were lost during the two centuries the VOC operated, scattering countless treasures to the bottom of the shipping lanes from East Asia to Europe. Despite the early success, the company was dissolved in 1800.