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Description Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. 1912 TITANIC "Worlds Largest Ship" U.S. KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR On April 10, 1912, the Titanic, largest ship afloat, left Southampton, England on her maiden voyage to New York City. The White Star Line had spared no expense in assuring her luxury. A legend even before she sailed, her passengers were a mixture of the world's wealthiest basking in the elegance of first class accommodations and immigrants packed into steerage. She was touted as the safest ship ever built, so safe that she carried only 20 lifeboats - enough to provide accommodation for only half her 2,200 passengers and crew. This discrepancy rested on the belief that since the ship's construction made her "unsinkable," her lifeboats were necessary only to rescue survivors of other sinking ships. Additionally, lifeboats took up valuable deck space. Four days into her journey, at 11:40 P.M. on the night of April 14, she struck an iceberg. The collision was fatal and the icy water soon poured through the ship. It became obvious that many would not find safety in a lifeboat. As the forward portion of the ship sank deeper, passengers scrambled to the stern. John Thayer witnessed the sinking from a lifeboat. "We could see groups of the almost fifteen hundred people still aboard, clinging in clusters or bunches, like swarming bees; only to fall in masses, pairs or singly, as the great after part of the ship, two hundred and fifty feet of it, rose into the sky, till it reached a sixty-five or seventy degree angle." The great ship slowly slid beneath the waters two hours and forty minutes after the collision.  It is was and still is the most famous ship in the world! HIGHLIGHTS:    Brilliant Uncirculated Condition Genuine legal tender struck by the U.S. Mint. Genuine U.S. Mint Kennedy Half Dollar New Gold Plated  Version  Comes in air-tight acrylic coin holder with a Deluxe Coin Jewel Case. VERY LIMITED EDITION.... CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY INCLUDED Please note that these coins are GENUINE & AUTHENTIC U.S. Government Kennedy Half Dollars.

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1912 TITANIC WORLD'S LARGEST SHIP - 23 Karat GOLD Card