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COLOMBIA, Popayán, gold 1 escudo, 1823 FM, NGC AU 58 (SB Pulaski Shipwreck Label).

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COLOMBIA, Popayán, gold 1 escudo, 1823 FM, NGC AU 58 (SB Pulaski Shipwreck Label).
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COLOMBIA, Popayán, gold 1 escudo, 1823 FM, NGC AU 58 (SB Pulaski Shipwreck Label). Restrepo-162.1; KM-81.2; Fr-72. S.B. Pulaski shipwreck coins are among the earliest and rarest of all U.S. shipwreck recoveries. The steam packet Pulaski, carrying 187 passengers and crew, left the port of Charleston, South Carolina, on June 14, 1838, bound for Baltimore, Maryland. Around 11 PM that night, off the coast of North Carolina, the starboard boiler exploded. Some were killed in the blast, while others were lost as the ship quickly went down; around 59 survivors were saved. Unlike the other larger U.S. shipwreck recoveries, where big quantities of coins from commercial shipments were recovered, coins from the Pulaski were wholly passenger and crew "pocket change." The find uncovered Mint State U.S. gold coins, a number of U.S. silver coins (mostly half dollars), and many foreign coins that were U.S. legal tender at the time, like this one. Lustrous piece with just the slightest of surface friction and bold design elements throughout. Recovered from: S.B. Pulaski, sunk in 1838 off North Carolina
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