Description: 1808 20 Cash East India Company, High grade from Admiral Gardner Shipwreck 20 Cash East India company, Madras Presidency, KM321 Combined postage always available ObverseCoat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon "Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliæ", date below Lettering:EAST INDIA COMPANYAUSP : REGIS & SENAT : ANGLIÆ1808 Translation:EAST INDIA COMPANYBy the authority of the King and Parliament of England1808 Engraver: John Phillp Admiral Gardner was launched in 1797 as an East Indiaman for the British East India Company (EIC). She made five voyages for the EIC, during the fourth of which she participated in an inconclusive single-ship action with a French privateer. Admiral Gardner was wrecked in January 1809. The wreck is a Protected Wreck managed by Historic England. She was named after Admiral Alan Gardner. Fate The wrecks of Britannia and Admiral Gardner on the Goodwin Sands, 24 January 1809On 24 January 1809, Captain Eastfield sailed from the Downs, bound for Madras and Bengal, at the start of Admiral Gardner's sixth voyage for the EIC. The next day Admiral Gardner was lost on the Goodwin Sands off South Foreland when a gale tore her from her moorings. Three (or five) crew drowned. Lost with Admiral Gardner was her cargo, a large number of EIC X and XX copper cash coins, belonging to Matthew Boulton. The EIC put the value of its cargo at £21,579. The same gale also wrecked Britannia, and the brig Apollo. Boatmen from Deal were able to rescue almost the entire crew from Admiral Gardner. Boatmen from Ramsgate and Broadstairs saved most of the crew of Britannia, but only one man from the brig. A few days later Lloyd's List reported that all three wrecked vessels had gone to pieces. RediscoveryThe wreck of Admiral Gardner was found in 1984 and some coins were salvaged in 1985 during a licensed dive. The wreck was designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 2 May 1985 and redesignated to extend the area covered on 5 October 2004.Combined shipments offered, please wait for invoice for revised fees. Dispatch time increased to 4 days due to new ebay payments update, that's how long the funds take to come through andRecently import VAT has been automatically added to ebay listings at random, please message me if this happens on an item and I can try help with this situation, this is from Ebay's side not mine.
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Location: Glasgow
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