12 Days of Christmas; 1 Troy oz. SS Tilawa Shipwreack Voyage Silver Round

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Last year's 12 Days of Christmas seemed like only yesterday. It was personally a rough year but as I look back there were challenges to work out, new experiences and blessings that helped me get past most of the pain.

The Christmas 2023 Haul
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“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven

The annual 12 Days of Christmas #sgs initiative is back with a vengeance! Perhaps that’s not the right word… Back by popular demand! No, that’s not it either. Back by #sgs tradition and in keeping with the spirit of the Secret Santa initiative. I’m going throw in a few posts, time and energy permitting, and give my Secret Santa some good options.

@silverd510’s link is here. There's no need for an invitation, just jump right on in.

The silver ship.

For my first silver on my wish list... and still reasonably priced...

1 Troy oz. S.S. Tilawa Shipwreck Voyage Silver round
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Steemer SS Tilawa, elevated port bow view, map route
Legend; BOMBAY TO DURBAN
Legend; 1 OZ .999 FINE SILVER
Diameter 39mm, Thickness 2.9mm

Some of you may remember the S.S. Gairsppa a British Merchant ship that was sunk by a German U Boat in February 1941. The S.S. Tilawa met the same fate only that she had aboard 732 civilian passengers accompanied by 222 crew and 4 gunners. She had 6,000 tons of cargo and among that cargo was 60 tons of bullion silver destined for the South African mint.

1 Troy oz. S.S. Tilawa Shipwreck Silver round
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SS Tilawa viewed from water level Port stern, planes above, coastline
Edge; Reeded
Silvertowne Mint, mintage not published.

This stern view of the SS Tilawa is a little foreboding as if this ship was being observed at periscope level prior to being struck by two Japanese torpedoes. She sank at about 930 miles northeast of the Seychelles, the date was November 23, 1942 and 280 souls perished that day. 678 survivors were rescued by the SS Carthage and the HMS Birmingham.

Commissioned in 1924, the SS Tilawa is primarily a 10,000 GRT Passenger ship charged to accommodate as many as 2390 passengers and transport goods and mail between ports along the Indian coast and east coast of Africa under the British India Steam Navigation Company.

There is a dedicated website documenting the entire history of this tragedy including the controversial recovery and legal ownership of the silver bullion.

Recovery of the SS Tilawa’s Silver Cargo

There are several versions of this product in addition to the 1 Troy Oz round; there are the 1/4 oz., 1/2 oz., 10 Troy Oz. Bar, 1 Kilo Bar, 100 Troy oz. Bar plus a 'Wreckage' version of the rounds according to silver.com's website.

I'm still working on the new list.
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There are six items left from the 2023 Wish list that haven't changed. Those links are listed further down this post if you're curious or don't remember. I'll just come up with a few more to round out the complete Wish list.

Merry Christmas in advance, and keep on stacking 🎄

Stacking Crypto and Precious metals for those dark stormy days!

The #piratesunday tag is the scurvy scheme of Captain @stokjockey for #silvergoldstackers pirates to proudly showcase their shiny booty and plunder for all to see. Landlubbers arrrh… welcomed to participate and be a Pirate at heart so open yer treasure chests an’ show us what booty yea got!

2023 12 Days of Christmas Wish list posts;

Day 1; 2013 $50 Canada HMS Shannon & The USS Chesapeake
Day 2; 2017 2 oz. Davy Jones Locker silver round, Privateer Series.
Day 3; 2013 $1 Tuvalu The Dementer, Famous Ships that never sailed series.
Day 4; 2015 Finding Silverbug Island Community Round.
Day 5; St. Bee’s Silver Throwing Star.
Day 6; 2022 $5 Niue Grand Shipwrecks of the World; San Jose.

2023 12 Days of Christmas Wish List Fulfilled posts;

Day 7; A Gift from my Mentor Gold Spartan’s Silver Pirate ship V2.
Day 8; A gift from my Secret Santa Predatum in Mundo.
Day 9; A gift from @enginewitty 2022 Samoa 2 Tala Princess of the Seas.
Day 10; A gift from my late Roommate Deb 16xx Colonial Mexico Philip IV 8 Reales Cob.
Day 11; A gift from Nyssacat; 1622 Type 2 Atocha Fantasy 8 Reales.
Day 12; The last gift from Deb; 1765 ‘Pieces of Eight.’ Pillar Dollar.

References & Sources

Photos are my own shot with an ancient 2018 Samsung SM-A530W or otherwise indicated.
P. Image under Pixabay
W. Wiki Commons
☠️🎃 Page Dividers by thekittygirl. ❄️🌞
Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe.
The 2024 Hive 0.999 Silver Round.
SS Tilawa silver at Silver.com.



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"I’m just a gal in black, not a bloody Financial Advisor!"

Physical precious metals bullion stacking is only a part of my personal overall financial strategy. Numismatics has a different set of objectives than Stacking. Please, do your research before deciding to buy any bullion products.

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You received an upvote of 100% from Precious the Silver Mermaid!

Thank you for contributing more great content to the #SilverGoldStackers tag.
You have created a Precious Gem!

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I wonder though if you are selling your collections, too?
!LADY

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Not yet. for Collectables I have a different strategy than generic and legal tender. I should draw up a flow chart, after years of stacking the simple plan I started with gradually became more complex depending on circumstances and opportunity. If there is a certain order of sale it would first be generic, followed by legal tender then finally collectables that take longer to liquidate.
My cash flow is good, solid balance sheet, and very little debt so I can afford to get an occasioned collectable.
Thanks for dropping by @jane1289
!LADY

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nice one.. they can come in handy too in case you badly need it..

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This is a part of a community gift exchange in progress called Secret Santa. Another member has drawn my name. And just like others, we put out our Christmas wish list coins we like to get in the mail.
I have drawn a member's name but that member has yet to give me a clue what is on a coin they would like.
🎁

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Lucky are those who'll receive your collections :)

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Shipwrecks with tons of Silver …😳
That’s a story that would have any “Stacker” sitting on the edge of their chair listening to every word!😇
“Santa, that’s the Silver I want for Christmas!”🤗

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"Pssst, Santa, are you gonna tell the authorities that you found a shipwreck full of gold and silver?"
Then he will tell the story of how the Elves designed a special deep sea submersible that is specially designed for complex deep sea salvage operations. The Tender ship 'Rudolph' is also a marvel of engineering and technological with advance tactical and telemetry but also invisible to satellite and radar. "We're in, pick up the goods and out before anyone's the wiser." Say Captain Saint Nick.
He'll know if you've been bad or good.
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!LUV
!PIZZA

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Santa I’ve been very good……
Hand over some of that Shiny!☺️🤗😇

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Beautiful silver commemorating the loss of those vessels. A reminder of just how bad WW II really was...

That would have been fun to find all of that silver on the bottom of the sea! Nothing like recovered sunken treasure. I've never found any but I still want to go look for some more!
!BBH

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Websites like SSTiawa1942 do put a face rather than a number on the victims of war.

I think drone and robot technology is much more advanced than we think. Every ship lost become fair game to be re-discovered and may be plundered for their lost treasures as we speak.

There may be a literal race to strip mine the wealth of minerals laying in the bottom of the oceans. What could be happening soon would have every ecologist and naturalist lighting their hair on fire demanding the ocean floor be set aside as nature preserves.
I can see that happening.
!BBH

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Ms. Ravenhill @kerrislravenhill

!LUV
!LADY
!PIZZA

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And this silver round would be a nice add to my Shipwreck silver collection.
!LUV
!LADY
!PIZZA

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PIZZA!

$PIZZA slices delivered:
kerrislravenhill tipped silvertop
kerrislravenhill tipped stokjockey
stokjockey tipped kerrislravenhill
@kerrislravenhill(1/5) tipped @punkysdad

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I have a feeling you are going to get the shipwreck silver from your Secret Santa, sis @kerrislravenhill ! They are all over Ebay here! Let us hope he/she is paying attention !LOL

Much !LUV. sis 🤗😍😘
!LADY

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Exactly Sis.
No retailer has this imported into Canada. SS means 'Shipwrecked Silver'

SS Gairsoppa
SS Tiawa
SS Japan

See, it fits perfectly with my other shipwreck silver so that is why I put this out first. It's almost poetic too.

Always, with !LUV 🤗🌺❤️
!LADY

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I hope your Secret Santa is paying attention! That is a very nice piece for sure! Thanks for sharing and have a lovely evening sis!🤗😍💜 !LADY

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That's why I put this out first as Day 1.
It's silver, a ship, unique history, inexpensive, still available in quantity in the USA but not in Canada.

Thanks for the support @elizabethbit
!LADY

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This gift exchange looks like fun. The North shore club is having a Gift exchange in December, interested?
PD

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I might be able to make the time but I'm not sure yet.
Hold the !BEER and !PIZZA

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That's when the Japanese started pushing US buttons shortly before the Pearl Harbor incident. Iconic ship. !PIMP

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My vote powers a bit low and needs to charge and I wanted to give ya bigger vote so here’s bonus tip! 🖤

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Wow! The aroma of Christmas is already everywhere. I can't wait to have the fun🥰😊❤️

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