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East India Company copper X and XX Cash coins, salvaged from the wreck of the Admiral Gardner, which sank in 1809.
These 1808-dated coins were made at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint for use in India, then part of the British Empire. The East Indiaman was wrecked just four miles off the English coast at the beginning of its sixth voyage with the loss of several hands and its entire cargo of trade goods and coinage. Salvaged in 1985, these coins are in remarkable condition for having spent centuries at the bottom of the sea.
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This historic coin set, made by The Royal Mint, contains two 1808-dated East India Company copper coins.
East India Company Cash coins are copper coins made in Birmingham, England, for use in the Madras Presidency of India. They feature the arms of the EIC on one side and Persian text on the other, along with the value ('X' or 'XX').
Launched in 1797, the Admiral Gardner was a three-decker East Indiaman, built for the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked a day into her sixth voyage on the Goodwin Sands, four miles from the English coast.
Though most of her crew was rescued, the Admiral Garner's cargo was lost, including EIC copper coins, struck at the Soho Mint on their new steam-powered coin press. Many coins were salvaged from the wreck in 1985.
This set featuring two historic coins was released by The Royal Mint in the late 1980s and is supplied in the original folder, packed with information about the Admiral Gardner and includes two encapsulated Cash coins.
