Did you ever say to yourself... I can't leave my LCS without this! SS Republic shipwreck coin

mark_dak

S.S. Republic - 1861-O Seated Liberty Half W-13 Confederate States Issue. Love it! Couldn't leave without it.

BryceM

Well, there's no chance my LCS would have something like this. Mostly that's because I don't have an LCS.

However, it is enormously cool. Paying the ransom to acquire it might present a bit of an issue.

Walkerfan

Ummmm..........Yeah........It would be pretty tough to turn my back on that one....

Really NICE!!

ms70

Nice. I'm still waiting for half dimes which were on the inventory lists.

mark_dak

@ms70 said:
Nice. I'm still waiting for half dimes which were on the inventory lists.

Well, mine knows what I'm looking for and doesn't come through all the time but this one was screaming at me.

Namvet69

Man that is one nice slabbed coin. I could do without the rest the fluff. Peace Roy

mark_dak

@BryceM said:
Well, there's no chance my LCS would have something like this. Mostly that's because I don't have an LCS.

However, it is enormously cool. Paying the ransom to acquire it might present a bit of an issue.

Yeah, it wasn't free but I sold a little modern AGE over the weekend and the cash was burnung a hole in my pocket.

mark_dak

@Namvet69 said:
Man that is one nice slabbed coin. I could do without the rest the fluff. Peace Roy

I'm usually not one for all that stuff either but it actually fits great with my office decor. Everything ends up in my safe deposit box but I have to enjoy this one for a while.

LJenkins11

Very nice, I like it and cool presentation for the coin. I have a few of these and mine also show the yellowing inside the slab around the coin, I wonder why that is?

mark_dak

@LJenkins11 said:
Very nice, I like it and cool presentation for the coin. I have a few of these and mine also show the yellowing inside the slab around the coin, I wonder why that is?

Not sure, I noticed that also. Which coins/dates do you own? Were yours purchased originally from Odyssey or on secondary market?

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

Dope!

Jimnight

Nice!

Kkathyl

I have the dust so if you have a offer excluding dust and a lot of love for nice lady jazzy yes do it and DM me the price please.

LJenkins11

@mark_dak said:

@LJenkins11 said:
Very nice, I like it and cool presentation for the coin. I have a few of these and mine also show the yellowing inside the slab around the coin, I wonder why that is?

Not sure, I noticed that also. Which coins/dates do you own? Were yours purchased originally from Odyssey or on secondary market?

I have the 1860 US issue, 1861 Louisiana and Confederate issues and the later two have distinct yellowing. The coins do not appear to be any worse as it just shows on the white insert. Mine were gifted so I am guessing secondary market.

mark_dak

@LJenkins11 said:

@mark_dak said:

@LJenkins11 said:
Very nice, I like it and cool presentation for the coin. I have a few of these and mine also show the yellowing inside the slab around the coin, I wonder why that is?

Not sure, I noticed that also. Which coins/dates do you own? Were yours purchased originally from Odyssey or on secondary market?

I have the 1860 US issue, 1861 Louisiana and Confederate issues and the later two have distinct yellowing. The coins do not appear to be any worse as it just shows on the white insert. Mine were gifted so I am guessing secondary market.

Not sure if it has to do with something in the "conservation" process that may have caused the yellowing. Not too distracting to my eye. Nice piece of history

yspsales

I have shied away from shipwreck coins because I know so little about the condition and restoration process... but that is really cool.

savitale

That is really cool. My LCS sells polished Morgan Dollars as "BU" and silver ASEs.

291fifth

That coin survived in a salt water environment quite well. Even though cleaned it still has market appeal because of the shipwreck connection.

mark_dak

@yspsales said:
I have shied away from shipwreck coins because I know so little about the condition and restoration process... but that is really cool.

NGC Does break down condition somewhat in the slab description by using "Shipwreck effect" or the use of c thru a descriptors to reflect the amount of restoration

mark_dak

@291fifth said:
That coin survived in a salt water environment quite well. Even though cleaned it still has market appeal because of the shipwreck connection.

No doubt some restoration was involved but many did not survive as well as this one when you look at some of the coins similarly slabbed.

291fifth

@mark_dak said:

@291fifth said:
That coin survived in a salt water environment quite well. Even though cleaned it still has market appeal because of the shipwreck connection.

No doubt some restoration was involved but many did not survive as well as this one when you look at some of the coins similarly slabbed.

I wonder why some survived much better than others? After all that time in salt water you would expect considerable surface deterioration.

mark_dak

Not sure but if you look through examples on auction sites, a number of them have pretty severe surface problems even after restoration. I'd love to drop mine on a scale and get a proper weight. I suppose that could be done with a little research on slabs and some math.

ricko

That is a nice display for the coin. Not an interest of mine, but I know many collectors like these...both silver and gold. Cheers, RickO

Walkerfan

If you can find a shipwreck coin that has good detail and the surfaces aren’t too shiny or granular, then that is a good purchase, especially with the history attached to it.