1858 New Orleans (O) Liberty Seated Half Dollar SS Republic Shipwreck Effect NGC Blue Core Comes in a booklet

Nearly full detail enhanced by the "shipwreck effect" from lying undisturbed in its original keg for 138 years.

Bound for New Orleans from New York with passengers and commercial cargo, the side wheel 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.

1858 O Liberty Seated Half Dollar SS Republic Shipwreck Effect NGC Blue Core

During archaeological excavation of the site, coins were picked up individually by the Remotely Operated Vehicle "ZEUS" with a delicate silicone limpet to protect the coin's surfaces. Each coin was carefully conserved and encased in a tamper-resistant holder with a unique bar-coded label from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation.