Lot 624
1855/4 Quarter Dollar Octagonal. Breen and Gillio-106. Rarity 3. PCGS graded Details of Uncirculated, Damage. Holed. This coin is in fairly nice condition but has been holed, perhaps for suspension by sailor who happened to be on the S. S. Central America ship. Once the ship went down in 1857 these artifacts were presumed lost to eternity, until the 1990s when the technology developed that allowed for deep autonomous shipwreck recovery from incredible depths of a mile and a half deep. Not only were single coins brought up from these depths, but huge gold bars weighing many pounds. Later in 2014 the Purser's Safe was recovered from nearby the shipwreck and brought to the ocean surface, and within it were these desirable and historic California Pioneer Fractional Gold coins that circulated in the San Francisco area during the early years of the Gold Rush. Not many were found, but confirm that these historic coins were indeed in change at the time in 1857 as the Gold Rush activity reached its zenith. Estimated Value $300 - UP
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