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Titanic Half Dollar

SereneDudeSereneDude Posts: 374
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A 1906 half dollar recovered from the body of Titanic victim John Gill realized $3850 at an auction of Titanic related memorabilia.
Pre-auction estimate was $1000-$2000
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,518 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,287 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Already another thread.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ridiculous. Cheers, RickO
  • PCcoinsPCcoins Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭
    That's pretty darn cool IMO. I have always loved the history with the titanic, and finding a coin from the ship or crew is virtually impossible, unless you got a high tech submarine.
    "It is what it is."
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,385 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd have thought that woul cover all of the person's effects shown in the picture.

    just a coin and photograph for provenance? not me.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,291 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Already another thread. >>



    The other thread doesn't count since it doesn't have "OFFICIAL Titanic Half Dollar Thread" in the title.image

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    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,504 ✭✭✭✭✭
    amazing price for that

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