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Sotheby's - Geneve: The Treasure of Saudi Arabian Silver Riyals Recovered from the SS John Barry

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Sotheby's - Geneve: The Treasure of Saudi Arabian Silver Riyals Recovered from the SS John Barry
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Sotheby's - Geneve. THE TREASURE OF SAUDI ARABIAN SILVER RIYALS RECOVERED FROM THE SS JOHN BARRY. November 16, 1995. 1 lot. 4to. This auction sale catalog includes numismatic material from Saudi Arabia that was recovered from the wreck of the SS John Barry. The sale was for a single lot of 1.3 million Saudi Arabian silver Riyals salvaged from the 'USS John Barry', a WWII liberty ship that was sunk in 1944 near Oman while delivering the coins (minted in the US) to Saudi Arabia. The catalog tells the history of the coins, the sinking, the salvage and shows samples of the silver Riyals to be auctioned (all of the coins were the same so only samples are shown). Geneva. original pictorial card covers. 16 pages. text illustrations. Fine. Lot weight: 0 lbs 4oz. Subject(s): Islamic Coinage.