Canadian Shipwreck Coins - Are They A Thing?

There's the theory that most of the 1916-C sovereign mintage still exist and has been sunken on its way to the UK during WWI, but its very unlikely.

Theres the HMS Feversham who sunk near Louisbourg, N.S. with a significant ammount of silver coin or ingot, (including spanish empire reales) who has been recovered in 1968.

You have also the HMS Tilsbury also sunk near Louisbourg in 1757, The ship was in the expedition to capture the city when it sunk, it had a large amount of coins to pay the troops and there's a few ones out there in the collector market.

Also, you have the very famous Chameau, a french vessel who sunk near the Cap Breton in 1725, most of the coins got recovered in the 60's and quite a few got auctioned in the early 70'S. For sure your best bet for very nice pedigreed coins

A link for more information about the Chameau tresury :
https://thomasnumismatics.com/en/bl...au-treasure/

A coin from this shipwreck certified by PCGS :
https://www.PCGSeurope.com/cert/43300750?l=fr

Thanks for the help Dollar 1935.

Very interesting reads about the Chameau online. Looked up some coins from the Chameau and they seem rather rare and very pricey compared to other shipwrecks coinage.

I may venture on that side of the hobby in the future. But for now its just fun to gather information and read about it.

Not necessarily expensive, you can find silver coins in relatively bad shape from those shipwreck at a fairly decent price but they are definitely not as common as the El Cazador coins for example.

I think you speak french so here's a link to Numicanada who show a few other ''canadian'' shipwreck coins : https://numicanada.com/forum/viewto...?f=6&t=32691

I have an Ecu from Le Chameau. It is completely worn on one side from wave action, but very crisp on the other. This ship was bringing supplies, dignitaries, and soldier pay to New France in 1725 when it sank off the coast near Louisbourg. Most coins were silver Ecus dated 1725, and some gold Louis d'ors.

I also have a Spanish 8 reales from the Auguste. This ship was taking French back to France in 1761 after the British conquest. A lot of French and Spanish coins were found. The French silver is predominantly dated prior to 1730s, and the Spanish silver is mostly from the 1730s onwards, which gives a good indication as to when Spanish coinage became prevalent in Canada.

I would also like to obtain something from the Tilbury (sank 1757). It was predominantly Spanish 8 reales found on this wreck.

A few coins from the Chameau will be auctioned off here (also, an ecu, lot 1489) :

https://auction.sedwickcoins.com/Tr...au&hi=0&vm=1