Batavia’s Bounty: Blood on the Coral, Silver in the Deep
Instructor: Caroline Turco
Collectors often measure a coin’s worth in dollars and cents, but some pieces carry a far darker weight — an echo of lives lost and empires built. Shipwreck coins, battered by the sea, may never win a beauty contest, yet they hold a haunting place in history.
On October 9th, step aboard the Batavia, pride of the Dutch East India Company, and set sail on its inaugural voyage. Destined for the lucrative spice trade with a belly full of silver, the Batavia promises fortune, glory and a new chapter of global commerce until it collides with an unseen reef off an unknown continent.
What follows is a story of mutiny, murder and madness. Survivors not only face the sea, but each other. More than a shipwreck, this is the greatest tale of sunken treasure ever told – a saga of good versus evil – and it’s all true!