Admiral Gardner Shipwreck Treasure Coin NGC Certified Slab Boxed Coin Collection (High grade)

This coin was on the bottom of the English Channel for almost 200 years. It was part of the cargo of the Admiral Gardner, an East India Company ship bound for Madras that sunk during a storm in 1809. The East India Company was the most powerful corporate entity that ever existed, and this coin is one of the first mass produced issues in history. Despite bitter cold, gale-force winds, and an ominous black sky, three ships owned by the East India Company—the Brittania, the Carnatic, and the Admiral Gardner—embarked on the long journey from London to the East Indies. The latter, a three-masted brig, was loaded with some 46 tons of copper coins struck at the Soho Mint, for the Company’s use in Madras, India.  Rounding Margate, some 80 miles from London, the winds abruptly stopped, and so did the progress of the ships. The crews dropped anchor, to avoid drifting into the notorious Goodwin Sands. All was calm briefly, until the gale suddenly intensified. The anchors found no purchase in the