2016-04-15 Fri

RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner, the largest ship afloat at that time sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912.

The ship sank after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US. The sinking resulted in the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history.

The iceberg that struck the ship was spotted at 11:40 p.m. Although a dead-on collision was avoided, the Titanic‘s starboard side violently scraped the iceberg, ripping open six compartments. The ship’s design could withstand only four compartments flooding. At 2:20 a.m., the Titanic finally sank. Breaking in half, it plunged downward to the sea floor. Captain Edward Smith went down with the ship.

In 2012, the Perth Mint Australia released a 28-gram silver proof commemorative coin on the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic, issued under the authority of the Government of Tuvalu.

The design for the coin depicts the Titanic as seen on an original White Star Line’s poster with “Titanic” and “White Star Line” inscribed around. Inscriptions around the outer circumference include “100th Anniversary”, “1 oz 999 Silver”, and the Perth Mint’s “P” mint mark.

The obverse design features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with inscriptions indicating the “1 Dollar”, “Tuvalu”, and the “2012” date.

The Royal Mint Canada also released a set of three commemorative coins on the 100th anniversary of RMS Titanic. The Titanic Commemorative Coins released by the Mint include a $10 99.99% pure silver coin, a 50-Cent Silver-Plated Coloured Coin and a 25-Cent Coloured Coin.

Also the British Virgin Islands in 2012 issued a Titanic commemorative series coins. These series contain a 141.7-gram excellent coloured gold coin, a 1kg pure silver kilo with a black finish and a bronze coin with an acrylic crystal.