Rare $50 Coin Recovered from Historic U.S. Shipwreck Hits the Market for $135,000
By Affluent Page Editor • Mar 4th, 2009 • Category: Collect, News & NoteworthyA rare 1855 Wass-Molitor $50 coin recovered from the historic shipwreck, SS Central America, is now on the market. Albanese Rare Coins Inc, purveyors and portfolio managers of rare coins, is offering the piece for $135,000.
The SS Central America, carrying 578 passengers, 38,000 pieces of mail, and a king’s ransom of gold, sank into the [...]


