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1934 THE MORRO CASTLE SHIP FIRE SOUVENIR PENNY SHIP PIC ON GEO VI CANADA PENNY
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RARE WW 1 BRITISH ARMY BOXING AWARD STERLING & GOLD MEDAL..
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.....THIS EXTRA RARE AND UNUSUAL CANADA PENNY IS A SOUVENIR OF THE ILL FATED MORRO CASTLE SHIP THAT CAUGHT FIRE IN 1934 OFF THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY IN A STORM, 137 LIVES LOST, IT BEACHED IT SELF AND WAS A TOURIST SIGHT FOR A WHILE, UNTIL IT WAS SALVAGED. IT WAS A WARDS LINE SHIP, AFTER ITS LAUNCHING IN 1930 IT TOOK PASSAGES FROM NEW YORK CITY TO HAVANA CUBA, FOR GAMBLING ETC, AFTER ITS BEACHING IT WAS A TOURIST ATTRACTION, AND POST CARDS AND SOUVENIR PENNIES WERE SOLD,, WHAT MAKES THIS A RARITY, IT IS STRUCK ON A 1937 CANADIAN PENNY NOT US PENNY AND I GOOGLED AND THE SHIP WAS SCRAPED IN 1936...ANY WAY A MUST, GOOGLE THIS AS IT A VERY INTERESTING AND HISTORICAL FIRE AND SOUVENIR.... , . .
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SHIPPING IS USPS FIRST CLASS