The photograph shows item RK17 A01131 Pillar dollar, 8 reals and minted in Mexico. At the top there is a small hole. This hole was probably made to sew the coin into the clothes of a crew member to smuggle the money to the Dutch East Indies and to keep them safely hidden from other crew members. Several coins with these small holes were found on the site of the Rooswijk.
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
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Photographer: Davies, James O: Historic England
Wreck
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