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MEXICO, Zacatecas, cap-and-rays 8 reales, date not visible, assayer OM (1831-38), rare provenance, N

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MEXICO, Zacatecas, cap-and-rays 8 reales, date not visible, assayer OM (1831-38), rare provenance, N
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MEXICO, Zacatecas, cap-and-rays 8 reales, date not visible, assayer OM (1831-38), rare provenance, NGC Shipwreck Effect (SB Pulaski Shipwreck Label). KM-377.13. SB Pulaski shipwreck coins are among the earliest and rarest of all U.S. shipwreck recoveries. The steam packet Pulaski, carrying 187 passengers and crew, left the port of Charleston, South Carolina on June 14, 1838, bound for Baltimore, Maryland. Around 11 PM that night, off the coast of North Carolina, the starboard boiler exploded. Some were killed in the blast, others were lost as the ship quickly went down; around 59 survivors were saved. Unlike the other larger U.S. shipwreck recoveries, where big quantities of coins from commercial shipments were recovered, coins from the Steamboat Pulaski were wholly passenger and crew "pocket change." The find uncovered Mint State U.S. gold coins, a number of U.S. silver coins (mostly half dollars), and many foreign coins that were U.S. legal tender at the time, like this one. This AU piece still bears significant luster and details throughout, though the date is weakly struck; die details point to 1835 as the most likely date. Only faint traces of saltwater corrosion, particularly around the rims, show off its time at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Recovered from: S.B. Pulaski, sunk in 1838 off North Carolina
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