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
“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.
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
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
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.
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!
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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 
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
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Cameo Raven Brooch from The Black Wardrobe.
The 2024 Hive 0.999 Silver Round.
SS Tilawa silver at Silver.com.
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.