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Coins from SS 'Laurentic' wreck
Seven coins brought up from the wreck of 'Laurentic' 1909, sunk by mine in 1917. Four pennies dated 1917, a 1916 shilling, a 1916 sixpence and a florin. Three million pounds worth of gold was subsequently salvaged from the wreck.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0279 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Coin |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Laurentic 1909 |
| Date made: | 1916-17; 1916-1917 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Parts: | Coins from SS 'Laurentic' wreck |