NEW ZEALAND COINS, SHIPWRECK, TARARUA SHIPWRECK 1881 Coins (3), GB Halfcrowns recovered from one of New Zealand's worst maritime disasters, the wreck of the Tararua at Waipapa Point, Southland, en route to Melbourne from Port Chalmers, with loss of 131 lives, incl 1829, S3809; 1836, S3834; & 1844, S3888; oxidation from submersion, very rare. aF - F