Finally bought a shipwreck $20!

ChangeInHistory

Wow, fantastic coin!

Floridafacelifter

@OldIndianNutKase said:
A 66 PL with a salvage title, after over 100 years in salt water. Sooooo how much over PCGS value did you have to pay for this GEM. Beautiful coin.

OINK

Yeah, about that…..it was pretty dear
Cool thing I figured out though- highest graded PL $20 Lib for the entire series 1849-1907, and to think it came from the bottom of the ocean!

Floridafacelifter

@2windy2fish said:

A must read for anyone involved/interested in US numismatics….Mr Kinder regales the reader with the heartbreaking story of the folks that lost their lives in the sinking of the Central America and then tells the epic story of how the treasure was salvaged off the N Carolina coast…Truly you will never see one of these coins again without feeling the human sacrifice/ heart break surrounding them…

LOVE this book- I have actually gifted it a few times I found it so cool

CaptainBlunt

Q. David Bowers gifted me Kinder’s book when it first came out

Great coin of course, would not expect anything less from the Floridafacelifter

metalmeister

Excellent! Congrats

scubafuel

That is an absolutely amazing example! It’s haunting to look at these and imagine their last day on the ship.

I never understood why PCGS put minor varieties that nobody cared about on the slabs. Did the original salvors ask them to?

Floridafacelifter

@scubafuel said:
I never understood why PCGS put minor varieties that nobody cared about on the slabs. Did the original salvors ask them to?

I totally agree with you- seems like more of a marketing move driven by profits rather than numismatics.

Cladiator

That strike, yum! Looks like Hercules made it, or maybe Thor struck it with his hammer lol.

fathom

@yspsales said:
Stunning!

Always marveled at the discovery.

The fact they look this good after 150 years at sea is remarkable

Agree, stunning.

These were all given a "special" bath right?

Barberian

What a beautiful piece of history this coin is. It really is a remarkable coin. All of the SS Central America coins are "drenched" in history. I've read where the loss of that gold (20 tons of gold!) was a factor that precipitated the Civil War.

NeophyteNumismatist

Excellent Coin @Floridafacelifter! You have connoisseurship that is remarkable. I appreciate being able to see such fine specimens. Congratulations.

lordmarcovan

Boy, that there's a whammo-kablammo! My eyes hurt!

All that, AND the historic pedigree? Man.

ElKevvo

Really nice coin, love the surfaces. Thanks for posting!

K