1841 $10 SS Republic (1841 Eagle SS Republic) NGC AU58. This rare shipwrecked 1841 Gold Eagle has considerable amounts of mint luster remaining within its devices. Moderate abrasion on both sides and light wear on the highest points keep this coin from a mint state grade. The strike is strong on the reverse and above average on the obverse. Weakness is seen at stars 1 and 2 and the hair above Libertys ear. Mint Engraver Christian Gobrecht, designed the eagle. The coin shows Liberty facing to the left, to the West or perhaps the frontier, wearing a coronet inscribed with the word LIBERTY. Her hair is tied with beads and two long curls fall down, one on the back of her neck and the other below her ear. The design is similar to his Braided Hair Coronet motif used on Large Cents of 1839 to 1857. For the reverse, Gobrecht used a heraldic eagle with the inscription UNITED STATES OF AMERICA interrupted by the wing tips. He added the denomination TEN D. Previous eagles lacked this information because they were thought of as bullion and were valued by their weight and precious metal content as was the case with the European coins that circulated and were accepted in the United States.

During the California Gold Rush, the S.S. Republic, then called the Tennessee, was used to transport miners to the shores of Panama and Nicaragua to travel to the California gold fields. For several years the ship was used to transport immigrants to the United States from Mexico. In 1865 she sank in a hurricane off the coast of Savannah. In 2003 the Odyssey Republic Expedition, after twelve years of searching, discovered and began the recovery of the ships treasure. The cargo of riches had lain for 138 years approximately 100 miles off the coast of Georgia. Lost Gold of the Republic, a film produced by National Geographic documents the discovery and recovery. The coins recovered from the S.S. Republic are labeled as such by NGC and its affiliate NCS not only to note the historic significance of the coin, but also to indicate that these coins have been professionally conserved.

The 1841 eagle had an original mintage of 63,131. In its population report, NGC has 4 in AU58 condition with none better. PCGS has 8 with 5 better. These numbers do not account for resubmissions and crossovers.