Detail of a Stuiver coin dating from 1691, a find from the wreck of the Rooswijk

Date:
1 Jul 2018
Location:
Wreck of The Rooswijk, Kellet Gut, Goodwin Sands
Reference:
DP220662
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The photograph shows item RK17 A00903 Stuiver from 1691, worth 6 stuivers (‘6’ and ‘S’ on either side of the symbol in the middle). These coins were minted in the Netherlands and used until the Napoleonic Wars. The horse and rider on this side looked different depending on the city they were minted in.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/29372 Finds from The Rooswijk, Kellet Gut, Goodwin Sands; within the Volume: VF000026 Wrecks; within the Series: EHC01/324 Wrecks; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Davies, James O: Historic England

Keywords

Wreck