It was anchored offshore to ride out a terrible storm, but was blown onto the deadly "Goodwin Sands" sandbar. The ship had just left port bound for India, filled with supplies for the East India Company's overseas operations. The ship was launded in 1797, wrecked in January 25, 1809, and the coins were recovered almost two centuries later, in 1985, when a group of adventurous Englishmen located them. The treacherous currents meant that diving was limited to the period of slack tide - about 2 hours every day - and then, only in good weather. One side of these coins bears the Coat of Arms awarded to the East India Company by the English Crown, in 1698. The reverse contains a Persian inscription giving the coins' values in the diplomatic language of Mughal, India - "X or 10 Cash" - an equivalent of 3/4 farthing in 1808. That made them acceptable by the local laborers as their medium of exchange. The plaque describe additional aspects of the coins and the sinking. Each plaque contains One coin. Plaque size: 6 1/2" Wide x 8 1/2" Long Authentic coin is 1" diameter and made of copper.
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