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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 2890667, member: 78244&quot;]This little collection of newspapers took me five years to complete. Though not worth too much, they are very hard to find. The historical significance of these three newspapers is that they represent the most detailed, most dramatic, and most-illustrated contemporary account of the SS Central America outside of official reports. The significance of the SS Central America is that it is one of the most significant (value-wise) numismatic finds in history. If you read any articles, books, etc. on the SS Central America, chances are that some of the illustrations used came from these three periodicals.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 1857, a ship called the SS Central America laden with hundreds of passengers and millions of dollars in gold from California departed Panama during the Gold Rush days. A few days into the voyage, the ship was caught in a massive hurricane and foundered in the Atlantic, taking hundreds of lives and the treasure on board. The massive loss in capital is said to be one of the major contributors to the Panic of 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well over a century later, the wreck was found. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ingots and newly-minted gold coins from California were discovered scattered on the seabed. After an extensive excavation, these coins were conserved and sold onto the market amid much fanfare.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Now all I need is a nice 1857 S $20 from the shipwreck. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie44" alt=":drowning:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]694586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694587[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694588[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694589[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694590[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694591[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694592[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694593[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]694594[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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