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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26603368, member: 10461&quot;]<b><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Australia: 1877-S gold “Shield” sovereign of Queen Victoria, from the <i>RMS Duoro</i> shipwreck</font></font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">PCGS MS62.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/49106726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/cert/49106726" rel="nofollow">Cert. #49106726</a>.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><a href="https://en.numista.com/24198" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/24198" rel="nofollow">Numista-24198</a>, <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/australia-sovereign-km-6-1871-1887-cuid-1067676-duid-1214251" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/australia-sovereign-km-6-1871-1887-cuid-1067676-duid-1214251" rel="nofollow">Krause-Mishler-6</a>, Friedberg-11, Spink-3855.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">.917 gold, .2355 oz.&nbsp; Diameter: 21.5 mm.&nbsp; Weight: 7.98 g.&nbsp; Mintage: 1,590,000.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-Heritage Auction 3118, <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/australia/australia-victoria-gold-shield-sovereign-1877-s-ms62-pcgs-/a/3118-30083.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/australia/australia-victoria-gold-shield-sovereign-1877-s-ms62-pcgs-/a/3118-30083.s" rel="nofollow">Lot 30083</a>, 15 August 2024.&nbsp; Prior provenance to the James D. Wolfensohn Collection of Australian sovereigns.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">This coin was struck at the Sydney mint in 1877 and was part of the cargo of the British Royal Mail steamship <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Douro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Douro" rel="nofollow"><i>Douro</i></a>, which sank in a nighttime collision with the Spanish ship <i>Yrurac Bat</i> off Cape Finisterre near the Spanish and Portuguese coast, on the evening of April 1, 1882.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">All of <i>Duoro</i>’s passengers and 32 of her crew were saved, but the captain and five of his officers- and the ship’s treasure of gold coins and bullion- sank with <i>Douro</i> in 1,500 feet of water. 53 people aboard the Spanish ship also perished when it too sank.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">The wreck was found in 1993 and salvage operations were completed by 1996. There were some 28,000 gold coins brought up from the <i>Douro</i> wreck. Most were gold sovereigns, but there were also some rare Brazilian and Portuguese coins.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">[ATTACH=full]1695662[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695664[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695665[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695666[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1695667[/ATTACH] </font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><span style="color: #ffffff">146572</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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