▁its ▁poss essions ▁fell ▁to ▁the ▁Bat av ian ▁Republic , ▁the ▁legal ▁successor ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁current ▁Dutch ▁State , ▁which ▁therefore ▁is ▁entitled ▁to ▁the ▁objects ▁from ▁the ▁Ro os w ijk . ▁They ▁were ▁presented ▁to ▁Junior ▁Minister ▁of ▁Fin ance ▁Jo op ▁W ijn ▁in ▁P ly mouth ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁type ▁of ▁co ins ▁recovered ▁were ▁several ▁hundred ▁Mexican ▁silver ▁c obs ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 2 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 7 3 0 s ▁and ▁trans itional ▁" k li pp es " ▁of ▁ 1 7 3 3 - 1 7 3 4 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁many ▁more ▁hundreds ▁of ▁" p ill ar ▁dollars " ▁and ▁a ▁sm atter ing ▁of ▁c obs ▁from ▁other ▁m ints . ▁However , ▁arch ae olog ists ▁have ▁determined ▁that ▁up ▁to ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁money ▁on ▁board ▁was ▁intended ▁for ▁illegal ▁trade , ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁san ction ed ▁cargo . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁discovered ▁co ins ▁were ▁also ▁made ▁with ▁small ▁deliber ate ▁holes , ▁which ▁suggest ▁that ▁crew men ▁were ▁se wing ▁them ▁into ▁their ▁clothes ▁to ▁sm ug gle ▁to ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁Ind ies . ▁C rew men ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁profit ▁off ▁of ▁bu ying ▁silver ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁then ▁s elling ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁Dutch ▁East ▁Ind ies , ▁where ▁there ▁were ▁no ▁silver ▁mines . ▁Despite ▁being ▁illegal