Very Rare and very collectible 1729 23k gold Dutch Ducat pendant off the Sunken Merchant ship VLIEGENTHART. This ship was bound for the East Indies when on February 3rd 1735 it sank with the loss of all hands off the coast of Zeeland. Her cargo included coins of gold and silver which was to be used for trading in the East Indies. The coin includes all documentation. The condition is very fine and the coin is 292 years old and was underwater for 250 of them.

The chain is 14k gold and 22 inches in length it is of a herring bone style it weighs 16.54 grams and is 3 mm wide.
Both these items are in my personal collection they were purchase in 1983 in the Grand Cayman Islands.

A little about us

Apple Pie Imports is located on Cape Cod we were formally a retail shop in Chatham and after a long hiatus we reopen as an internet seller. Many of our items for sale are from private collections both Americana, Asian orientation, and Native American collected from our business we conducted in Hawaii for the 22 years we lived there and from the collection that we acquired from our living in the southwest.

If you would like to view our full Americana, Asian, and Native American Collections feel free to go to ApplePieImports when shopping on Etsy or go to http://www.etsy.com/shop/ApplePieImports for our full but growing collections.


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