1696/7 SILVER CROWN COIN

Sale is for a SILVER ENGLISH CROWN coin as shown, faint date 1696/7, weight 28.4gr, weak strike as is often seen on these.  It comes with a SHIPWRECK TIMBER stand for display and a certificate of authenticity from World Treasure Books. 

HMS ASSOCIATION was a 96-gun second-rate ship of the line, launched at Portsmouth dockyard in 1697. She served as the flagship of Sir Clowdisley Shovell in the Mediterranean during the War of the Spanish Succession and was involved in several engagements, including the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. Commanded by Captain Edmund Loades, she was returning from the Mediterranean with Sir Clowdisley on board in late October 1707. Legend has it that on the fateful night of October 22, Sir Clowdisley was repeatedly warned by his fellow officers that his judgement of the ships´ longitudinal position was incorrect....  The vessel smashed into the Gilstone Rocks, Isles of Scilly and sank.  A vast treasure in chests of gold and silver coins and plate put on board in Gibraltar by British merchants trading in Spain and Portugal. More chests contained government funds for war with France, Sir Cloudesley's own wealth and many regimental funds and silverware. Estimated value today: £5 million. Sunk: 22 October, 1707, by navigation error when she ran into the Scilly rocks in the dark. Sir Cloudesley and crew of 650 lost. More than 1000 lost from other ships following flagship.

NOTE: Any red colour on the pictures is just reflection and is not on the coin...