^Lot 497 UNITED STATES, Philadelphia mint, Seated Liberty half dollar, 1858, NGC Shipwreck Effect (B) XF (SS

UNITED STATES, Philadelphia mint, Seated Liberty half dollar, 1858, NGC Shipwreck Effect (B) XF (SS Republic Shipwreck Label). KM-A68. XF with some original mint luster showing through the minor surface corrosion, a tougher Philadelphia-mint type from this wreck and scarce as having an adjectival grade on the NGC label. According to Bowers' paper "The SS Republic Shipwreck Excavation Project: the Coin Collection," 481 1858 halves were recovered from the wreck. Recovered from: S.S. Republic, sunk in 1865 off Georgia
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