Ancient, British and World Coins, Historical Medals and Banknotes

Netherlands, United Provinces, Holland, Liondaalder, 1576; Utrecht, Liondaalders (2), 1616, 1626, Half-Liondaalder, 1621; Westfriesland, Liondaalder, 1624 (cf. Del. 831, 836, 843) [5]. All sea-salvage but have been expertly cleaned, generally fine, last better; all ex the wreck of the Campen (£80-120)

The Campen, a 300-ton Dutch East Indiaman built in Amsterdam, laden with gold and silver for the colonies, sank off The Needles, Isle of Wight, on 14 October 1627. Coins and artefacts were first recovered from the wreck in 1979, and were still being recovered from it in 1982