English description:  Salvage of the Gold and Silver load of the warship "Lutine", Amsterdam 1933, share certificate for 1/20.000th part; see picture, picture of the ship (4,5 by 5,5 cm) in underprint; measures: ca. 18 by 28 cm., condition EF: 1 vertical fold and 4 tiny staple holes, price 450  €.  (price without staple traces: 495 €).
The Lutine, a 32-gun frigate captured as a price from the French navy in 1793, was carrying about £ 1,25 million in gold and silver bullion bound for Hamburg from Great Yarmouth when it grounded on a sand bar, capsized and sank near the Dutch isle of Terschelling in 1799. Only 1 sailor survived. The vessel's most famous artefact, was recovered in 1858 and is now in the Underwriting Room at Lloyd's in London. The bell is rung on ceremonial occasions at the well known insurers market. Lloyd's paid out £ 1,2 million for the loss of the Lutine in 1799, but the carco remains hidden in the sand are now estimated between $ 66 million (Lloyd's estimate) and $ 140 million (estimate of a Dutch salvage team in 2000). The shares certificates offered here stem from a salvage attempt from 1933- 1935, by Beckers, when a huge 20m high and 12 m diameter iron tower was buillt (twice: the first one collapsed almost immediately !) to give working space for the divers. Litle of value was found, however, and the share certificates became worthless for ever. Sources: "De Lutine" van B. Huiskes en G. de Weerdt (red.), 1999. and D. Post (2000)

De Zilver-, Goud- en Diamant-Handel voorheen Hoeker & Zoon, N.V.
Established in Amsterdam; Winstbewijs voor 1/132e aandeel in de winst tot een maximum van f 600. (English: profit-sharing note for a 1/132th part of the profits, with a maximum of DGL 600 in total); Amsterdam, 1-5-1916; printed by M. Lindenbaum, Amsterdam, measuring ca. 17 x 25 cm., with orange printed tax seal; condition EF: 1 neat horizontal fold and a fold in the left lower corner; rare, price € 250.
Willem Christiaan Hoeker was the father (1862 - na 1906) and the son was Willem C. Hoeker.

Maatschappij tot exploitatie van zilvermijnen (exploitation of silver mines)
Amsterdam, 1877, couponsheet still attached, one coupon used, grey with beaautiful decorative border, EF, 50 Euro.

Netherlands East Indies / Nederlandsch Indië
Mijnbouw Maatschappij Ketahoen
This gold and silver mining company was founded in Batavia in 1902. The company Ketahoen was active in Lebong Soelit, Benkoelen, Sumatra. Bewijs van niet-preferent aandeel aan toonder f 100 (Non-preferred share to bearer of DGL 100); Batavia 1903; ca. 21 bij 34 cm.; green text and border; Typ.: G. Kolff & Co., Batavia; 50 different Series were issued, indicated by Roman numbers I - L:
Series XIV: no 129, VF: € 7; no. 248, VF but less clean: € 7.
Series XV: no. 294, VF, less clean, € 7.; no. 238, pritty clean: € 10
Series XVI: no. 97, VF-: less clean and repairs with tape: € 5.
Series XVII: no. 137, VF, € 10
Series XVIII: no. 188, VF+: € 15; no. 438, VF: € 10; no. 433, VF: € 10;
Series XIX: no. 48, VF: € 10; no. 162, VF-: € 5.
Series XXVIII, no. 187, VF++: € 25.

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