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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 25296227, member: 13650&quot;]If that 1855-O pictured above was a straight graded example in a low MS grade, it would be around $1200 range.&nbsp; So for the the condition most of the Republic coins come in (some look uncirculated and some are bad), they are the bargain deal.&nbsp; &nbsp; Granted, the &quot;shipwreck affect&quot; grade from the longterm saltwater exposure and whatever else, means it&#039;s technially an AU details, non-grade.&nbsp; But being attributed from the shipwreck brings the values back up.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe their values to be loosely based on condition vs. each other.&nbsp; &nbsp; Some I&#039;ve seen people want well into four figures.&nbsp; Sometimes they&#039;re a bargain.&nbsp; Sometimes one side looks like new and the other side is heavily corroded.&nbsp; Some survived much better than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re usually priced between $300 to $1k for your typical half dollar example.&nbsp;&nbsp; The story of the wreck is very interesting.&nbsp; I have read the book but as of now don&#039;t yet own any from the wreck.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have considered them on many occasions.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ship was hauling coinage from New York to New Orleans immediately following the end of the Civil war and went down Oct. 25th, 1865 in a hurricane roughly 100 miles off the coast of GA.&nbsp; &nbsp; So any coins dated close to that from the wreck were barely circulated.&nbsp; &nbsp; Especially considering most people were hoarding gold and silver coins during the war.</p><p>&nbsp; Another common shipwreck hoard is from the El Cazador.&nbsp; These were graded with special labels from NGC as well, being different denomination Reales if you like those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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