1934 THE MORRO CASTLE SHIP FIRE SOUVENIR PENNY SHIP PIC ON GEO VI CANADA PENNY

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RARE WW 1 BRITISH ARMY BOXING AWARD STERLING & GOLD MEDAL
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.....THIS EXTRA RARE AND UNUSUAL CANADA PENNY IS A SOUVENIR OF THE ILL FATED MORRO CASTLE SHIP  THAT CAUGHT FIRE IN 1934 OFF THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY  IN A STORM, 137 LIVES LOST,  IT BEACHED IT SELF AND WAS A TOURIST SIGHT FOR A WHILE, UNTIL IT WAS SALVAGED.  IT WAS A WARDS LINE SHIP, AFTER ITS LAUNCHING IN 1930  IT TOOK PASSAGES  FROM NEW YORK CITY  TO HAVANA CUBA, FOR GAMBLING  ETC,  AFTER ITS BEACHING IT WAS A TOURIST ATTRACTION,  AND POST CARDS AND SOUVENIR PENNIES WERE SOLD,,  WHAT MAKES THIS A RARITY,  IT IS STRUCK ON A 1937 CANADIAN PENNY  NOT US PENNY  AND  I GOOGLED AND THE SHIP WAS SCRAPED IN 1936...ANY WAY  A MUST, GOOGLE THIS AS IT A VERY INTERESTING AND HISTORICAL FIRE AND SOUVENIR....  ,    . .
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SHIPPING IS USPS  FIRST CLASS