Watch List notes:

Wooden cask base encrusted with six English East India Co. copper X cash, 1808.KM-319.11" in diameter, the frame 25" x 21".Original wood from shipwrecks is a rare thing, as in most cases the wood is eaten up by the dreaded teredo worm, so this piece must have been very well protected, as it is complete albeit warped and split in the middle) and impregnated with six dark and solid coins (with impressions of several others), the wood all orange in color, contrasting nicely with the whitish cloth mat onto which it is mounted inside an ornate gold-colored frame for hanging on a wall.Mounted onto a canvas mat and framed for hanging, pedigreed to our Auction 13 (lot #1926).Recovered from:

Estimate: 600-900 USD