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VARIOUS PROPERTIES THE FOLLOWING LOTS ARE FROM 'THE BREDENHOF BULLION' (LOTS 370-374) The ship went down in 1753 in the Mozambique channel, the present bars were salvaged in 1986 from the wreck and sold at a special sale at Christie's 4 December 1986. The VOC took silver ingots with them on their journeys to the far East to produce local coins, which were used for trading during the 17th and 18th century. The ingots were made from foreign coins and melted into upright oblong casting-moulds. Therefore one end was flat and the other end always showed a pit or hole which was caused by congelation. The bars ware marked by François Engelsen Jr. or by Gerrit van Driel and with the mark of the chamber in Middelburg, Zeeland, the monogram ZVOCM.

A Dutch silver VOC ingot

MARK OF GERRIT VAN DRIEL, MIDDELBURG, MID 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch silver VOC ingot
Mark of Gerrit van Driel, Middelburg, mid 18th century
1554 gr.

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