Engraved "War" and "1861," this shipwreck coin pendent is a simple, yet profound record of the beginning of the American war that pitted brother against brother. This lustrous .999 silver coin is a replica of the hand-engraved 1858-O Liberty Seated United States Half Dollar retrieved from the shipwreck of a side-wheeled steamer that played a historic role in the Civil War. Odyssey recovered the original one-of-a-kind coin in 2003 during the archaeological excavation of the SS Republic shipwreck, which was bound for New Orleans loaded with gold and silver coins when it was sunk by a hurricane off the coast Georgia in 1865. Every line, every ridge of the engraved artifact has been faithfully reproduced in this stunning replica - which has been hand set in a sterling silver bezel for wear.