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Saudi Arabia, riyal, AH 1354 (1935/6), struck in 1944 at Philadelphia.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:65.00 USD Estimated At:80.00 - 120.00 USD
Saudi Arabia, riyal, AH 1354 (1935/6), struck in 1944 at Philadelphia.
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Saudi Arabia, riyal, AH 1354 (1935/6), struck in 1944 at Philadelphia. KM-18. 11.59 grams. Corrosion-free and fully UNC, with nice light toning, from a special, secret wartime cargo of 1.4 million coins on board an American Liberty ship torpedoed during WWII and salvaged using modern technology from the staggering depth of 8500 feet. With promotional certificate and catalog of the scarce Sotheby's (Geneva) auction of November 16, 1995, in which 1.3 million of these coins were offered as a single lot! Recovered from: S.S. John Barry, sunk in 1944 off Oman