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The SS Republic: Loaded on board the ship SS Republic in 1865 from New York, bound for New Orleans the ship sunk in a fierce hurricane. The coin laid undisturbed by man under the ocean for 138 years off the coast of Georgia. She was an industrial marvel, 210 feet long by 34 feet wide with a massive single piston engine driving two 28-foot iron side-wheels. The stout ship could transport 100 passengers and fit 5,000 barrels of cargo in her hold. Almost all of the passengers survived by boarding lifeboats and a makeshift raft. The cargo meant to help rebuild New Orleans was reported as $400,000 (1865 face value) worth of gold and silver. The coins laid undisturbed by man under the ocean for 138 years off the coast of Georgia. A crew of treasure hunters and historians launched a company named Odyssey Marine Exploration outfitted and named a ship Odyssey Exploration. After years of planning and searching the Ocean, the Odyssey Exploration with a submersible submarine