SS Republic Seated Half, 1858-O — NGC Shipwreck Effect

• Catalogue number: DTR-00041
• Denomination: Half Dollar
• Mint: New Orleans (O)
• Monarch: USA
• Date: Dated 1858
• Certification: NGC Shipwreck Effect XF–AU · cert 1793940-254
• Wreck: SS Republic (1865), Odyssey Marine recovery
• Papers: NGC slab + presentation box & COA

An American half dollar that sank in the 1865 hurricane loss of the SS Republic and came up in Odyssey Marine's famous deep-water robotic recovery. NGC-certified with shipwreck effect designation. Civil War-era silver with a 21st-century salvage story.

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An American half dollar that sank in the 1865 hurricane loss of the SS Republic and came up in Odyssey Marine's famous deep-water robotic recovery. NGC-certified with shipwreck effect designation. Civil War-era silver with a 21st-century salvage story.