2013 Cook Islands $5 SS Republic silver Coin with authentic ship’s coal fragment

2013 Cook Islands $5 SS Republic silver Coin with authentic ship’s coal fragmentHere is a splendid oval shaped silver coin that commemorates the 160th anniversary of the first commercial launch of the historic US vessel, SS Republic, commonly called the “Tennessee”. In 1865 she sunk about 100 miles off the Georgia coast in a terrible hurricane. Coin has partial coloring and a. Real fragment of the Republic’s unused fuel coal. Comes inside a capsule with a certificate and nice lined coin holder that looks like a chest. This is a superb collectable and the actual photos show coin and all