Odyssey Marine Exploration

A beautiful gold Coronet Head 20 Dollar Double Eagle coin minutes after recovery from the SS Republic shipwreck nearly 1700 feet deep. Coronet Head 10 Dollar Eagles and silver Seated Liberty Half Dollars were also recovered from the site. The coins were aboard the SS Republic when the sidewheel steamer sank in 1865. Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered the shipwreck in the summer of 2003 and began an archaeological excavation of the site in November 2003.