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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 26392045, member: 86815&quot;]Because I am concerned that I may lose paperwork such as COA&#039;s I&#039;ve had a number of shipwreck coins graded to maintain the provenance of the coin particularly the vessel it was recovered from. In this instance I took the original Sotheby&#039;s auction envelope to the graders at Coinex, showed them the original envelope and certificates&#039; left them photocopies of the certificates and envelope and this is what came back.</p><p><img src="https://ccg-imaging-ngc-coins-production.s3.amazonaws.com/17331504-9247-4bbb-8615-6d6d27ddb162/NGC2922053-001_OBV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://ccg-imaging-ngc-coins-production.s3.amazonaws.com/17331504-9247-4bbb-8615-6d6d27ddb162/NGC2922053-001_REV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Description</p><p>1740MO MF MEXICO 8R</p><p>Grade</p><p>UNC DETAILS</p><p>Pedigree</p><p>Hollandia</p><p>Comment</p><p>SEA SALVAGED</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They actually acknowledged the pedigree to the &quot;Hollandia&quot; shipwreck but didn&#039;t put it on the label which was the main point of requesting the shipwreck label in the first place. I am attending Coinex at the end of the month and resubmitting it to change the label which is somewhat frustrating having to go through the exercise and cost twice.&nbsp; There is a lot of interesting information available on the Hollandia.</p><p>They must have printed a lot of catalogs for the first sale because they are readily available and often sold with coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1683692[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>Hollandia</i> was a Dutch East Indiaman that sank on its maiden voyage in 1743. Departing from Texel bound for Batavia (modern-day Jakarta) with a cargo that included a large quantity of silver coins, the ship became separated from its fleet and struck Gunner Rock, an outcrop in the Isles of Scilly, during a thick fog. All 276 sailors and 30 passengers on board perished.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wreck remained lost for over two centuries, with early attempts at salvage failing due to the limited technology of the time. In 1968, Rex Cowan, a London attorney, began a search for the wreck, using archival research and, at the time, cutting-edge technology like a proton magnetometer. He finally located the <i>Hollandia</i> on September 16, 1971. The subsequent salvage operation, conducted with a team of divers, recovered a wealth of artifacts, including bronze cannons, lead ingots, and a significant amount of the silver coins that were part of its cargo. The site is now protected under the Protection of Wrecks Act, ensuring its preservation for future research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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