Gold Brooch

Oval gold brooch frame – detached pin – Shipwreck Treasure – SS Central America

1 400

good condition

Gold Brooch

good condition

Oval gold brooch frame – detached pin – Shipwreck Treasure – SS Central America

1 400

Description:

Very well-preserved as pretty as the day it was made.

Period
19 th Century
Type
Brooch
Year
Shipwreck - 1857
Diameter
48 mm
Weight
Metal
Gold
Rarity
Very rare
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  • Pedigree :

    Pedigree : Treasure shipwreck SS Central America

    Delivered with COA.

    In 2018, California’s Long Beach Convention Center held an auction of the SS Central America’s treasure: 45 bars, 3,100 gold coins and more than 36 kilograms of gold dust, worth an estimated $500 million, are presented to numismatists who came from all over the world to acquire the cursed treasure. In reality, it is only a part from the sinking of the Central America found in the 2010s, as the overall treasure is much larger. Let’s take a look at its story. Read the article

  • Comments :

    Small gold oval brooch frame with petite rope design around perimeter and 1¾”-long pin for attaching to a garment. Loop on one side and hinge on the other.

    XRF tested at 16K gold (solid).