Davy Jones Locker
SS REPUBLIC Sunk in 1865

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF DOLLARS - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description: 50C 1861 O SS REPUBLIC
Full Grade: NGC PR 1
Owner: jim hawkins

Set Details

Custom Sets: Davy Jones Locker
Competitive Sets: This coin is not competing in any sets.
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Half Dollars (1839-1891)

Owner Comments:

the sidewheel steamer Republic was carrying some $400,000 in Gold and Silver from New York to New Orleans when she sank in a hurricane about 100 miles offshore on October 25, 1865.

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