I got some odd things when I went through my father's coins. He never mentioned to me that he collected coins, so I figured he just threw them in a box. I found an encased coin with a Certificate of Authenticity. I did a search and found that there was a wrecked Admiral Gardner and whoever found it is selling their coins. The coin is dated 1808. I will keep it in my box of "odd" things. I doubt it isn't going to make me rich, but because it belonged to my father, I'll keep it
They found a LOT of coins in that wreck. The East India Company cash coins are quite common, and thus not extremely valuable, but they’re fun, as any coin with a documented 200-year-old shipwreck pedigree is. I gave one of these away in one of my early giveaways on this site.
Is it like this one courtesy of eBay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/2953150057...5338904992&toolid=20006&customid=255_255_255& LordM is right.. common but for sure a cool collectible piece of shipwreck history.
I have read that only 28,000 coins were recovered from the wreck. I think these lions have monkey faces. If your interested in information. https://eicships.threedecks.org/ships/s815/s815_index.html
I have one but no photo of it. They are on the inexpensive side if I remember correctly. At least mine was when I bought it years ago.
I didn't notice either until you just mentioned it, apparently there are 10 cash(X) and 20 cash (XX) varieties for these
My East India Company 20 Cash took another ship and made it to India: East India Company, Madras Presidency 20 Cash, Soho, 1808 Copper, 30 mm, 9.45 gm, KM-322 Obverse: Coat of arms of the Company EAST INDIA COMPANY / AUSPICIO REGIS & SENATUS ANGLIA / 1808 Reverse: Persian Arabic "Twenty cash make four falus" (The falus was a small Mughal copper coin) XX.CASH Notes: These coins were struck at the Birmingham (England) Soho Mint by the Company in 1808. One rupee was worth 960 cash making this coin 1/48 of a rupee.