Counter commemorating the sinking of the 'Groenebosch', 1721

Counter commemorating the sinking of the 'Groenebosch', 1721. Obverse: Starboard quarter view of a three-masted vessel going down by the head. Legend: 'DIET SCHELMSTUK HAAT BESCHOUT DEES PLAAT.' (Let him who hates a knavish trick look at this picture.) Reverse: Inscription, 'TER ONT DEKKING VAN'T SCHELM-STUK VAN'T GESONKE SCHIPT GROENEBOSCH SCHIPPER CHRISTOFFEL GUDING VAN DRONTHEIM IN IAAR 1721.' (On the discovery of the knavish trick which sank the 'Groenebosch', Captain Christopher Guding of Drontheim.)

Object Details

ID: MEC0517
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Counter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Places: Netherlands
Events: Sinking of the Groenebosch, 1721
Vessels: Groenebosch fl.1721
Date made: 1721
People: Guding, Christopherfl
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 23 mm