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The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from ...
Centuries-old coins, believed to be part of a $17 billion treasure trove on the shipwreck of the Spanish galleon ship San ...
More than 300 years after the Spanish galleon San José sank off the coast of Colombia in 1708, a cluster of glittering gold coins from what’s often called the “world’s richest shipwreck” is helping ...
Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for distribution among its colonies. By the discovery’s minting in 1661, Spain was ...
A man is facing charges after authorities said he stole two Spanish gold coins worth more than $50,000 from a Florida Keys resident.
Science Archaeology Gold coins confirm ‘world’s richest shipwreck’ is 18th century Spanish galleon But who gets to claim the $17 billion treasure? By Andrew Paul Published Jun 11, 2025 10:30 ...
Considered the Holy Grail of all shipwrecks, the Spanish galleon San Jose blew up and sank in 1708 at the hands of British cannons, and it took with it what experts have estimated to be $17 billion in ...
New pictures of coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Colombia help tell the story of the ship's journey.
The 37 stolen coins are valued at more than $1 million, FWC officials said in a Nov. 26 news release. FWC photo Three dozen stolen gold coins linked to a fleet of 18th century treasure ships have ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced they have recovered 37 stolen gold coins from the historic 1715 Spanish Fleet shipwrecks that occurred off the Treasure Coast.
A man is facing charges after authorities said he stole two Spanish gold coins worth more than $50,000 from a Florida Keys resident.