Listed at $16,800 in the CDN CPG and $20,000 in the NGC price guide. Overloaded with heavy equipment plus more than 240 passengers and crew, the S.S. Brother Jonathan sank on July 30, 1865 off the coast of California near Crescent City, when it hit an uncharted rock in a fierce gale and heavy seas….
2 Graded Higher Ex: S.S. Republic. From a smallish mintage of 351,175 pieces, the 1865 Liberty double eagle was a rare issue in high grade before the recovery of the S.S. Republic in 2003. Fortunately for present-day collectors, that famous shipwreck find yielded 320 examples of this issue, which graded AU50 to MS65. Consequently, Mint State examples can…
Rare, Choice Unc. The 1865 Liberty twenty claims a nominal mintage of 351,175 pieces. Before the era of recent shipwreck finds, this date was seldom encountered above the VF-XF grade level. Fortunately, 320 examples of the 1865 were recovered from the wreck of the S.S. Republic. Most of the recovered coins were in higher AU- Mint…
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