The Treasure Ship S.S. New York: Her Story 1837-1846 by Q. David Bowers - Hard Cover Color

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We are pleased to offer for sale The Treasure Ship S.S. New York: Her Story, 1837-1846 by Q. David Bowers.  The Treasure Ship S.S. New York is a hard cover, 94 page, full color and fully illustrated book.   The Treasure Ship S.S. New York tells the story of the vessel which broke apart and sunk in a hurricane headed to New Orleans from Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico on September 7th, 1846... taking with her 20 lives and a safe full of gold and silver coins.

• America in 1846
• Money and Mints in 1846
• The S.S. New York and its Ports of Call
• Scenes of New Orleans
• Scenes of Galveston
• A 'Perfect Gale' Strikes
• The Gentlemen of Fortune
• Treasure and Artifacts from the Deep
• Other Treasure Ships and Their Coins

For numismatic historians and archaeologists, the items recovered from the New York provide a window on money used in those times.  The coins recovered from the New York are also important because there were very few 'treasure ships' lost with significant amounts of American gold coins.  The Treasure Ship S.S. New York is a new book from our inventory.