BG- 514, 1853 California Gold Rush Circulating Fractional Gold $1, Liberty Octagonal PCGS MS64 R5+

One (1) example was recovered by divers from the S.S. Winfield Scott shipwreck. The S.S. Winfield Scott was operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to carry passengers and cargo between San Francisco and Panama.  On December 1, 1853, she left San Francisco bound for Panama with about 400 passengers and $884,861.50 in treasure.  Two days out she was caught in a storm and ran aground 30 miles west of Santa Barbara.  The passengers and most of the treasure were rescued.  What remained were mainly items of small value abandoned by the passengers in their haste to evacuate the sinking ship. Originally made by M. Deriberpie located at 58 Kearney Street in San Francisco, California.