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Title: SS Gairsoppa
Post by: Rods2 on 05 April 2014, 00:38:39

Was torpedoed in 1942 off Irish coast with a cargo of over 7 million ounces of silver. The cargo has now been recovered with 20% going to the treasury. Some of this is being used to produce 20,000 silver coins remembering the event.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2596785/Thousands-silver-bars-sunken-WWII-ship-sold-coins.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2596785/Thousands-silver-bars-sunken-WWII-ship-sold-coins.html)