This silver coin commemorates the american steamship SS Republic lost in a hurricane off the coast of Georgia in October 1865, en route to New Orleans while carrying a large cargo of silver and gold coins. The coin presents an original coal from the SS Republic. The obverse depicts the SS Republic and an original fragment of coal from the steamship is inlaid. The coins obverse depicts the Raphael Maklouf effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. SS Republic The SS Republic was a side-wheel steamship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean while carrying a large cargo of silver and gold coins and a stunning variety of everyday supplies essential to life in mid-19th century America. En route from New York to New Orleans with passengers and commercial cargo, the SS Republic was lost in a violent hurricane on October 25th, 1865. Nearly 140 years later, Odyssey discovered the shipwreck of the SS Republic approximately 100 miles off the coast of Georgia. The item “SS REPUBLIC Ship Original Coal Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2013″ is in sale since Friday, October 04, 2013. This item is in the category “Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ World\Australia & Oceania\Other Oceania Coins”. The seller is “powercoin_italy” and is located in Roma. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
• Year: 2013
• Composition: Silver
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Cook Islands