This entry in Elemetal’s Shipwreck Series commemorates the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company flagship that struck a reef off Western Australia in 1629 on her maiden voyage, spilling chests of trade silver into the Indian Ocean. The set delivers twenty ounces of silver as ten 2 oz high-relief rounds, sealed in a mint tube and locked inside a wooden treasure chest, with the series limited to 1,000 chests per design.
Key Features:
- Includes ten 2 oz rounds of .999 fine silver, twenty troy ounces total
- Struck in high relief by Elemetal, an ISO-accredited U.S. mint
- Design: a Dutch rijksdaalder, with an armored bust and sword on one face and heraldic devices on the other
- Ships in a mint tube inside a wooden chest with hasp, working lock, and keys
- Limited series of 1,000 chests per design
Each round revives the rijksdaalder, the trade coin that filled Dutch East Indiamen bound for the spice ports. The featured face carries an armored bust in a ruffled collar, an upright sword braced at the shoulder and a crowned lion shield held at the chest, ringed by period-style Latin legends and a beaded border. The strike deliberately echoes hand-hammered originals, with off-center charm and raised, uneven devices, while deep high relief lends every element the weight of recovered treasure. Modern .999 fineness upgrades the metal far beyond anything the VOC ever shipped.
Presentation matches the legend. The ten rounds arrive stacked in an Elemetal tube inside a stained wooden chest fitted with metal corners, a hinged hasp, and a working padlock with keys, its face burned with the Shipwreck Series crossed-swords mark. Store it in the safe or leave it out as a display piece.
Twenty ounces of sculptural silver, a legendary wreck, and only 1,000 chests worldwide make this set as giftable as it is stackable. Order your Batavia Treasure Chest from Hero Bullion today before this fleet disappears beneath the waves.