Auction Number 35 Closed (#11001)

OH165FXa-4a          R8       MS62  Trace Red.  Steamer Lancaster No. 4 with Presidents House reverse.  This ship had a short but interesting life, launched in January 1861 for the Cincinnati - New Richmond trade.  It was later used in April 1862 to ferry wounded soldiers from the battle of Pittsburg Tennessee.  Beginning in June 1864 it ran troops and supplies from New Orleans to Vicksburg and in August came under attach near Natchez Mississippi.  It snagged and sunk in just ten feet of water south of Portland Missouri on November 18, 1864.  Formerly TN600E-4a now listed under Cincinnati as the location of David Gibson & Co. its owner and original base of operations.  The finest of just three examples of this variety I have seen offered, an MS63 example of  -10a variety brought $1,375 in my December 2008 auction.  From the John Dettinger collection. (1,000-1,500)