Runde is an island in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

Runde lies on the west coast of Norway, close to towns and villages like Fosnavåg, Ulsteinvik, Volda, Ørsta, and Ålesund.

Akerendam was a part of the Dutch merchant fleet, headed for Batavia (Indonesia) loaded with gold and silver coins to be used for the trade of spices in the Far East.

The inhabitants of Runde started to find parts of the ship that was washed up at its shore, including dead crew members.

The 1724 Utrecht Gold Ducats can command $750 to $1,000 each and are all in uncirculated quality, the highest graded ones are NGC / PCGS MS-63.

This event later initiated a new legislation, making all wrecks older than 100 years automatically protected in Norway.