2012 $1 100th Anniversary RMS Titanic 1oz Silver Proof Coin

2012 $1 100th Anniversary of RMS Titanic 1oz Silver Proof CoinIt was the world’s most famous passenger ship disaster. On a cold, moonless night just before midnight, the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic struck an iceberg. An estimated 1,517 doomed souls met their end in the freezing water of the North Atlantic.In April 1912, the Titanic was the largest and most luxurious passenger steamship in the world. She was a British registered grand ocean liner built for the transatlantic passenger and mail service between Southampton and New York. Owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, the colossal vessel weighed 46,328 gross tons, measured just under 883 feet in length and stood as tall as an 11-storey building.Prior to the fateful collision, several ice warnings had been telegraphed by other ships in the vicinity. However, for a variety of reasons, only one of those messages had reached the Captain and the bridge. The warnings were ignored and the ship maintained a perilous speed of 22 ½ knots, heading straight for catastrophe.In the last terrible moments, Titanic’s stern rose almost vertically, desperate people clinging to her deck rail. By 2.20am she’d slipped beneath the waves forever, almost two hours before the arrival of Carpathia, who has worked her way through dangerous ice to pick up grateful survivors.The grave of Titanic, resting deep in the North Atlantic, remains a memorial to those that lost their lives, and a testament to those who bore the lifelong sorrow of that loss.To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the RMS Titanic, The Perth Mint has release a stunning 1oz Silver Proof Coin. Issued as legal tender under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu.The coin’s reverse features a coloured representation of the White Star Line’s poster design of Titanic, set against the ocean and sky. The inscriptions TITANIC, 100th ANNIVERSARY and The Perth Mint’s ‘P’ Mintmark.Presented in a prestigious display case with an illustrated shipper along with Numbered Certificate of Authenticity.Denomination : $1Finish : ProofMetal : 99.9% Pure SilverWeight : 31.135gmsDiameter : 40.60mmMintage : 5,000Certificate of Authenticity : Numbered Certificate of Authenticity