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Item WB20090100802C |
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Sotheby's November 16,1995 The Treasure of Saudi Arabian Silver Riyals Recovered from the SS John Barry |
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| Description: This auction catalog is for a single lot of 1.3 million Saudi Arabian silver Riyals salvaged from the “USS John Barry”, a WWII liberty ship that was sunk in 1944 near Oman while delivering the coins (minted in the US) to Saudi Arabia. The catalog tells the history of the coins, the sinking, the salvage and shows samples of the silver Riyals to be auctioned (all the coins were the same so only samples are shown). |
| Price: $50.00 |
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