Here is some more information @LakeEffect I just added a post to the Shipwreck Corner...
The loss and recovery of the SS Egypt treasure. [ATTACH] On 19 May 1922, the P&O ocean liner SS Egypt departed Tilbury, Essex, bound for...
You are absolutely right @LakeEffect , dangling on a wire hawser with the chance of getting hung up on the wreckage wouldn't be "my cup of tea"....
[ATTACH] This image is from David Scott’s classic book, The Egypt's Gold, and shows the first salvaged coins from the SS Egypt being cleaned;...
I collect a lot of things including shipwreck and medieval so here we go. For a collector of shipwreck silver, every coin is a physical survivor...
Outstanding !
I think 3 too.
I must appear American @GoldFinger1969 :playful: The other main issue for me is that it takes at least three months to get anything graded and...
That's a good point @GoldFinger1969 , my problem over here is that it costs more like $70 to grade so I wouldn't even consider grading circulation...
@daveydempsey that's good to know, thank you. The three Morgan's I considered grading were in Leuchturm Quickslabs which I guess were the slabs...
Sounds like a plan @ddddd and I will take your advice and that of @johnmilton and others. Thank you all.
None without seeing them! Let us know the type @The Meat man, we don't need to know who the dealer is and then we can decide. The permutations are...
I reached a point where I thought I would not achieve my ambition of a complete run of Morgan Dollars and in January traded all my graded Morgans...
I would also add that in the Sedwick auction last week that had hundreds of cobs, there were no good Sao Jose coins like yours. I only saw one and...
Wow @lordmarcovan that is one great coin with a lot of detail. I should give you my money and let you loose! Most Sao Jose coins are normally...
That's a coin I didn't know existed so thank you for sharing @Mountain Man. I was there on a battlefield tour some years ago with a late great...
That's a great coin @The Meat man .Also really good to see the contemporary newspaper. Great post thank you for sharing.
That's a real result. There is a lot of bad activity with Shipwreck coins such as fake COA's. I'm amazed that a $40,000 coin "missing" for some...
Beautiful coin @Amit Vyas . Here is my only Didius. [ATTACH][ATTACH] Didius Julianus AR Denarius. Rome, AD 193. [IMP C]AES M DID [IVLIAN AVG],...
Education can be very expensive @catbox_9 as I've learnt myself. Had it proved genuine the grading would be a small amount to pay for a real...
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