The odd thing was that there was very little information publicly available around this tragedy. Other than brief news publications many of the survivors and their families kept to themselves, few individuals left memoirs and diaries mention this in their past.
Until the discovery of the Tilawa, and with the valuable silver recovered that the public took interest. The founder of the SS Tilawa memorial website is a descendant of one of the survivors. He hopes that more families could use his Web hub to establish a community, to remember the victims and bring some closure to the families.
It was fitting that the South African mint and the Royal Mint also struck their own privy coins; 2025 Krugerrand SS Tilawa Privy and 2025 Britannia SS Tilawa Privy, though I'm not sure if they used the recovered silver for them.
Thanks for the comment @silvertop
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Owning a silver coin minted from the recovered silver, would be like owning a piece of history!!😇
Definitely a coin I would never sell!!😇👍😀
This silver round is an exclusive product from LPM thought some websites claim are a product of Silvertowne. Ther is no mention of SS Tilawa on the Silvertowne site.
LPM does have the certificates as proof that the silver used was from the TIlawa. A better end to the story would be IF the South African mint donated some of the silver to commemorate the tragedy but they kept it instead.
There is LPM's other version; 2024 SS Tilawa Shipwreck Remembrance: Sinking Fate 1 Troy oz. 999 Fine Silver Round. There are also 1 oz. and 10 oz. bar as wella s in a carded shot form.
"A better end to the story would be IF the South African mint donated some of the silver to commemorate the tragedy but they kept it instead."............
Of course it always comes down to money, they were just thinking of themselves unfortunately!!🙄
They're so cheap that they refused to tip Argentem (Note the company name) a finder's fee, not that they deserved it since there was evidence that they intended to conceal their recovered loot. South Africa should consider themselves lucky to be granted ownership. The silver wasn't insured or this would have been more under UK Insurance company ownership.
Oh, how fortunes change.
“Follow the Money”…. It definitely rules the world!🙄