Did anyone read about the S.S. Republic shipwreck in this month's National Geographic?

SethChandler

An amazing article. The best I've ever read on a shipwreck. And you know how great NG's pictures are. I love to see the photos where its just stacks and stacks of Twenty Libs. Hell, they even talk about...cleaning.

My favorite quote, "A dent, a fingerprint, even a crab claw scratch from a curious crab during the transfer into Zeus's (that mini submarine) receptacle can lower a coin's value".

A FRIGGIN CRAB CLAW SCRATCH.....I though we had to worry about lasers, putty, artificial toning,etc. But a CRAB CLAW SCRATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

Future coin show:
Guys remember that nice New Orleans mint No Motto Eagle that I had, well I sent it in to PCGS and it came back in a bodybag because of a CRAB CLAW SCRATCH!!!!!!!!!!!

Seth

MrEureka

I though we had to worry about lasers, putty, artificial toning,etc. But a CRAB CLAW SCRATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

Gonfunko

I did see it and was considering posting, but thought I'd leave it up to someone else. It's a very good article, and some of the pictures are incredible.

jbsteven

yep, I read it as well. good article.

MadMarty

<< <i>yep, I read it as well. good article. >>



Jason, you can read???

Coinosaurus

Crab claws and coins are a great combination. As long as the coins are slabbed and you are EATING the crab claws

DesertRat

Read it. Good article, great photos too. National Geographic is one of the best rags out there.

lordmarcovan

I browsed through it in the dentist's waiting room the other morning. It was a neat article. For some reason, the picture of all the Seated halves on the sea bottom affected me more than the double eagles, somehow. I did not have time to read all of the article, but I looked at the pictures and read the captions. I noticed one fact they flubbed a bit. In the caption regarding the Seated halves, which were O-mints, their wording implied that ALL New Orleans mint coins are worth a fortune.

All the bottles and stuff were fascinating, too. And what is also interesting is that if you drew a straight east-west line from that shipwreck to shore, the line would pass near, if not through, my hometown. I can look right out across the ocean directly toward the wreck (which is of course waaay offshore, but it's still neat to think about).

I got a chuckle on the crab claw mention, too. Next thing you know, "The Crab Claw Effect" will be a numismatic buzzword.

Maybe I'd better go pick up that copy. I'd like to read the rest of the article. Those pictures were amazing.