1808 Admiral Gardner Shipwreck English Ten Cash Copper Coin Pendant | Hand Wrapped in Gold Filled Wire

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1808 Admiral Gardner Shipwreck English Ten Cash Copper Coin Pendant | Hand Wrapped in Gold Filled WireStruck at the famed Soho Mint in Birmingham and bound for the markets of colonial India, this copper X (Ten) Cash coin was part of a vast shipment aboard the Admiral Gardner, a British East India Company vessel lost to the treacherous sands of the English Channel in 1809. For nearly two centuries, her cargo lay buried beneath the waves at Goodwin Sandsuntil divers recovered a trove of coins remarkably preserved by the seabeds embrace. Issued in 1808,

The 1750 Spanish Hand Milled Cross Coin Pendant is a beautiful relic from the era of Ferdinand VI

HISP ET IND (“Hispania and the Indies”)

Mint: Kingdom of Macedon

Hand-struck in silver

the crowned Hapsburg Coat of Arms of King Philip III takes center stage

marking the end of its independence

the laureate head of Emperor Tiberius is strikingly detailed

linking its wearer to a story of exploration

this piece not only holds a fragment of Spanish colonial history but also whispers the tale of an empire at its peak

The reverse features an elegant Maltese cross with circles and pellets in the angles

Inv# AL51875

Denomination: Denarius