Dutch East India Company VOC Shipwreck Coin — Indonesia — “Pirate Hunter” Coin
Dutch East India Company · VOC period
- Issuer
- Dutch East India Company (VOC)
- Origin
- Dutch Colonial
- Era
- VOC Period
- Artifact Type
- Shipwreck-recovered VOC coin
- Recovery
- Waters off Indonesia
- Shipwreck
- Unidentified
- Historical Association
- Dutch East India Company maritime trade
- Collector Name
- “Pirate Hunter Coin”
$35 ea.
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Lot BFA-009
An original Dutch East India Company (VOC) coin recovered from a historic shipwreck off the coast of Indonesia, representing one of the most powerful commercial organizations of the Age of Sail.
Founded in 1602, the Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie developed a vast maritime trading network stretching from Europe around the Cape of Good Hope and throughout Asia. It possessed extraordinary powers for a private corporation, including the ability to maintain armed forces, construct forts, negotiate treaties, and wage war.
Because heavily armed VOC vessels operated through waters frequented by pirates and rival European powers, coins associated with these voyages are sometimes marketed to collectors as “Pirate Hunter Coins.” This shipwreck-recovered example offers a direct physical connection to the maritime trade, conflict, and exploration that defined the VOC era.
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Recovered from an unidentified historic shipwreck off the coast of Indonesia and attributed to the Dutch East India Company maritime sphere.
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The VOC became arguably the most powerful multinational trading corporation of its age, controlling an enormous network of ships, ports, trading posts, and fortified settlements throughout Asia.
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Coins such as this traveled within that system aboard the vessels that connected Europe with the East Indies, making this piece a tangible relic of one of history's most consequential maritime empires.
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Sold with a Black Flag Antiquities Certificate of Authenticity documenting the attribution and stated provenance of the piece.
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Guaranteed authentic to the period stated, without time limit.
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Shipped fully insured with signature required.
