Watch List notes:

Clump of one coin and several small artifacts (USA 50c seated Liberty 1843, brass tack and ring, shell and earthenware shard), encased in Lucite. 524 grams, 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 2". The coin looks intact, with bold date on exposed side, embedded in a gray/orange/black conglomerate that also contains a thin ring, the earthenware shard (looks like bellarmine) and tack and shell just floating around the clump inside the Lucite, nice display (note the accompaniments). Pedigreed to the original SS New York auction (Stack's, July 2009), with original lot-tag #1087, with certificate, box and stand with plaque showing wreck details. Recoverd from: SS New York, sunk in 1846 in the Gulf of Mexico ($400-600)