INV# COIN#1434
SHIPWRECK: SS JOHN BARRY
COIN: 1935 (1944) SAUDI ARABIA RIYAL
CONDITION: NOT GRADED, IT DOES LOOK UNCIRCULATED TO ME, BUT SHIPWRECK COINS ARE TRICKY TO GRADE
COIN WEIGHT: 11.6 GRAMS
PURITY: 91.7% SILVER
NET SILVER CONTENT: 0.3417 TROY OUNCES
INCLUDES IT'S ORIGINAL COA AND PRESENTATION BOX, THE COIN IS PROTECTED IN AN AIRTIGHT PLASTIC COIN HOLDER
DETAILS: THE SS JOHN BARRY WAS TORPEDOED IN 1944 BY A GERMAN U-BOAT AND SANK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ARABIAN SEA. THIS SHIP WAS CARRYING MILLIONS OF SAUDI ARABIA SILVER RIYALS STRUCK AT THE PHILADELPHIA MINT. FOR 65 YEARS THIS SHIP SAT UNDISTURBED UNTIL A RECOVER EFFORT WAS MADE. MANY OF THE RIYALS WERE MELTED DOWN, ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY WERE SAVED -THIS IS ONE OF THOSE COINS.
PICTURED IS THE EXACT COIN YOU WILL RECEIVE
ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE BEFORE YOU PURCHASE, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER
ALL COIN/BULLION SALES ARE FINAL UNLESS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAN PICTURED OR DESCRIBED