Shipwreck Sale: 3 Encased Uncirulated 1808 Copper Coins from the ADMIRAL GARDNER-Price Reduced

NOTE: The description of the ADMIRAL GARDNER shipwreck and the coins found is identical with each lot featuring the coins. The only differences can be seen in the photo of the encased coin and the number of the photo/coin. WE WILL WORK WITH THE WINNER OF THIS LOT TO ASSEMBLE THEIR IDEAL 3 COINS.

IMPORTANT: While this lot consists of THREE encased, authenticated & uncirculated coppers from 1808, the following lots are each individual uncirculated coins from the 1809 shipwreck of the English "India Merchantman." THIS LOT IS FOR 3 coins; shown is a sampling of the coins and we will assist the winning buyer to select his/her choices from those shown as there is an array of conditions, bright, dark, with encrustation, etc.

Since after the first 5 days of the sale we had not yet sold any of the Admiral Gardner coins (and we have a total of a dozen!) I made the decision to dramatically cut the prices. The encased Admiral Gardner coins have all been reduced to only $29 each--but you can save even further if you purchase this lot for just $75; the cost for thee of the coins purchased separately would be $87.

The ADMIRAL GARDNER was an "India Merchantman" ship, carrying tens of thousands of newly minted X (Roman Numera ten) Cash (denomination) coppers that were minted in England and en route to India. The ship foundered and sunk off the English coast in a storm in 1809. The coins were stored in barrels and it's not known exactly how many coins or barrels were on the ship, but the coins were spewed about the ship and the ocean floor when it sunk.

All of the coins are uncirculated--they'd gone directly from the mint into the barrels loaded on to the ship. Many of the coins show encrustation from the salt water and others look as bright as when they were loaded. The "perfect" mint coins were no doubt found buried inside piles of coins still in barrels and not subjected to the effects of the ocean.

I have listed the ADMIRAL GARDNER coins individually in their postcard-sized plastic slabs as they were packaged in the 1990s for sale. The cards with the coins were intended to provide a statement of authenticity (that they indeed were salvaged from the ADMIRAL GARDNER) and to provide background on the coins and ship.

You can also purchase single coins loose, not in the slabs, for $25 each; just scan through this sale to find the loose coins for sale. The listing is for one up to four coins.

JUST TO CLARIFY--THIS LOT IS 3 ADMIRAL GARDNER COINS FOR JUST $75.

The photos listed for this item show a random selection of eight encased obverse and reverse views, and a 9th high grade examle of a close up loose coin for reference.