1861-O Liberty Seated Half Dollar SS-Republic Shipwreck NGC

• 1861-O SS Republic Liberty Seated Half Dollar.
• Wonderful coin struck at the historic New Orleans Mint.
• The coin is housed in an NGC holder with the special insert attesting to it's provenance as part of the SS Republic shipwreck.
• The "S S REPUBLIC - Bound for New Orleans from New York with passengers and commercial cargo the sidewheel steamship SS Republic was lost in a violent hurricane on October 25 1865.
• In August 2003 Odyssey located the shipwreck at a depth of approximately 1 700 feet in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles east of Savannah Georgia.

1861-O SS Republic Liberty Seated Half Dollar.