1842-P $10 Gold Liberty SS Republic NGC AU55

Rare Sunken Gold from the SS Republic

How would you like to possess the “finest known” piece of real U.S. sunken treasure? Well, now you can with an 1842-P $10 Gold Liberty recovered from the famous SS Republic shipwreck.

This incredible piece is one of just two coins of this date found in the wreck of the SS Republic. And while the first grades in About Uncirculated-53 (AU53) condition, this one has been certified and graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in About Uncirculated-55 (AU55) condition, making it the finest of its date, type and designation!

Originally known as the SS Tennessee, the Republic was a Confederate vessel used as a blockade runner -- a lighter, smaller ship whose job was to sneak around or through enemy blockades in order to transport supplies. Unfortunately for the Confederacy, the Union Navy captured the ship in 1862 at the Battle of New Orleans, refitted it and sent it back into war as a well-armed fighting machine.

Then, in 1865, the ship was damaged in a storm. Not wanting to repair the Tennessee a second time, the Union sold it to a private New York shipping magnate. A second refitting occurred, and the ship set sail once again under its current name – the SS Republic.

In the post-Civil War era, the Republic was used to run cargo and money from New York to New Orleans to help with the rebuilding and expansion efforts there. But less than a year after it was purchased by the shipping magnate, the Republic went down off the coast of Georgia, the victim of a nasty hurricane. When she slipped beneath the Atlantic’s churning waves, she took with her $400,000 in rare 19^th century gold and silver coins estimated at being worth today as much as $180 million!

The wreck was located in 2003, and many of the coins that have been recovered have already been snatched up by eager collectors – but not this rare piece. Make this real piece of American sunken treasure yours and order now!

• REMARKABLE GRADE CONSIDERING COIN’S HISTORY— Your 1842-P $10 Gold Liberty recovered from the shipwreck of the SS Republic has been certified graded an encapsulated by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in About Uncirculated-55 (AU55) condition, meaning it will show only small patches of wear that are visible on the highest point of the design with above average eye appeal and surface condition. This is a remarkable grade for a 176-year-old coin – and even more remarkable having been recovered from the famous shipwreck of the SS Republic.

• STRUCK IN GLEAMING GOLD – The 1842-P $10 Gold Liberty was struck in 16.7 grams of 90% gold.

• UNITED STATES LEGAL TENDER COINAGE – This gold coin is a legal-tender “Eagle” denomination of $10.

• ONE-OF-A-KIND SPECIMEN FROM SS REPUBLIC SHIPWRECK – Only 62,884 of these 1842-P $10 Gold Liberty coins were ever struck, making this piece a scarce coin in its own right. In fact, only eight coins are graded higher than this coin – the highest graded coin of this date recovered from the SS Republic!

Scarce in its own right, this 1842-P $10 Gold Liberty SS Republic graded by NGC as being in About Uncirculated-55 (AU55) condition is the highest-graded coin of this type and date recovered from the famous shipwreck of the SS Republic. Don’t waste a moment; add it to your private treasure collection today!