SS REPUBLIC Ship Original Coal Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2013

SS REPUBLIC Ship Original Coal Silver Coin 5$ Cook Islands 2013This 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