SILVER ONE RUPEE COIN 1906 SS CITY OF CAIRO SALVAGE BULLION

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SILVER ONE RUPEE COIN 1906 SS CITY OF CAIRO SALVAGE BULLION

In 1942 the British steam ship SS City of Cairo was sunk by a German U-Boat.  This dramatic wartime sinking is famous for the loss of over 100 tonnes of silver coin  bullion travelling from India back to Britain.  In 2013 a salvage team recovered a laarge number of these coins.  I acquired this coin with several others a few years ago.


King Edward VII silver one rupee coin dated 1906.

Dimensions: 30mm diameter.


Weight: 11.7g

Corrosion & tarnish having survived decades beneath the ocean.