Gold and silver coins worth about $1 million are found in Florida waters from Spanish ships that sank in a 1715 hurricane ...
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Excavators find $1 million in gold coins from Spanish shipwreck along Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’
A team of excavators has found $1 million in treasure from a centuries-old Spanish shipwreck off a stretch of Florida known ...
More than 1,000 silver and gold coins worth about $1 million were recovered from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck off Florida's coast ...
This discovery is not only about the treasure itself, but the stories it tells,” Sal Guttuso, Director of Queens Jewels, said in a statement.
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Divers recover more than 1,000 gold and silver coins from 1715 'Treasure Fleet' shipwreck in Florida
Divers have recovered over 1,000 coins from a shipwreck off the east coast of Florida. The coins were discovered this summer ...
The discovery was part of a "vast fortune carried by the fleet, which was transporting New World riches back to Spain," the company said.
Capt. Mike Perna, an advisory board member for the 1715 Fleet Society, found the disc in eight feet of water at a wreck site known as the “Cabin Wreck.” The large ship is believed to be the wreck of ...
The coins, known as pieces of eight, were reportedly minted in the Spanish colonies of Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia.
The remarkable discovery included more than 1,000 silver coins, five gold coins and other rare gold artifacts.
More than 1,000 gold and silver coins were found along Florida's Treasure Coast in the 1715 Treasure Fleet shipwreck.
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