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1808 Admiral Gardner Shipwreck Treasure 10 Cash Coin - NGC Certified
$ 29.01
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These coins were on the bottom of the English Channel for nearly 200 years!The Admiral Gardner was an East India Company ship bound for Madras that sunk during a storm in 1809
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discovered in 1984 by a fisherman after snagging his nets and salvaged years later. Thse were then certified authentic by NGC!
Struck in Birmingham, England, this 10-cash coin from the East India Company was once cargo aboard the doomed Admiral Gardner ship, which sunk on January 25, 1809. These coins sat at the bottom of the English Channel for nearly 200 years, only returned to land when a fisherman snagged his net on the precious cargo. Each coin was later certified as authentic by NGC, America's top Shipwreck Grading service!