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Ingot depicting an East Indiaman
Rectangular shaped ingot. Obverse: Starboard broadside view of a 17th century East Indiaman sails set. Inscription: 'EAST INDIAMAN'. Reverse: Inscription, 'EAST INDIAMAN Seventeenth Century. Used in the lucrative Indies trade, the stately Dutch East Indiamen helped make Holland a leading maritime power of the seventeenth ceentury. The ships were broad beamed for seaworthiness and cargo-carrying capacity and were armed with guns for protection against pirates.'
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Object details
| ID: | MEC2829 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Ingot |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Franklin Mint |
| Vessels: | Prins Willem 1649 (Netherlandish) |
| Date made: | 1976 |
| People: | Dutch East India Company |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 48 x 64 x 3 mm |