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Is there someone here that knows a lot about shipwreck coins?

MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited August 25, 2025 4:57PM in U.S. Coin Forum

If so, please PM me.
Thanks.

http://www.SmallDollars.com

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,864 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Headline: :#

    peacockcoins

  • MWallaceMWallace Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Headline: :#

    Thanks. :/

    http://www.SmallDollars.com
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Besides Captain Jack Sparrow? No.
    That was always a field I had to use consultants on.

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 14,971 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm sure that quite a few forum members know a good deal about at least some shipwreck coins. But your question is rather broad.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • CregCreg Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 26, 2025 7:44AM

    @CaptHenway said:
    Besides Captain Jack Sparrow?….

    Then, you too might sport some of these?

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,474 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I asked a couple friends of mine.

    What little I know is that "shipwreck effect" is an identifiable condition, and unless it's a euphemism for "damage", I think it is noted on a slab but does not necessarily prevent a straight grade.

    I think the "effect" may be from sand and maybe water that gently affect the coin's surface without causing scratches.

    But clearly I have more to learn about it, so any new information is welcome. :)

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JBK said:
    I asked a couple friends of mine.

    What little I know is that "shipwreck effect" is an identifiable condition, and unless it's a euphemism for "damage", I think it is noted on a slab but does not necessarily prevent a straight grade.

    I think the "effect" may be from sand and maybe water that gently affect the coin's surface without causing scratches.

    But clearly I have more to learn about it, so any new information is welcome. :)

    i liked that show

  • seatedlib3991seatedlib3991 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I bet coins slabbed as "from the pockets of the passengers of the minnow' would sell like hotcakes. james

  • SimonWSimonW Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭✭✭

    “Some…not a lot.” -Joey Tribbiani

    I'm BACK!!! Used to be Billet7 on the old forum.

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