Coins worth $4.5m recovered from shipwreck

The Times of India ^ | 2015-08-21

[bob_denard]

MIAMI: Treasure hunters off Florida have found $4.5 million in gold coins from a Spanish ship that sunk during a hurricane in the 18th century , the sal vage company said on Wednesday. The ship 'Ten Galleons' traveling from Havana to Spain...

"Over 350 gold coins, including 9 Royals were recovered on July 30 & 31 on the actual 300th anniversary of the wreck,"

[SunkenCiv]

[Pelham]

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Coins-worth-4-5m-recovered-from-shipwreck/articleshow/48567817.cms

TRAYSURE!

[SunkenCiv]

When I was in junior high (which is now called middle school in a lot of places) one of my classmates was sent a Spanish coin off a wreck one of her relatives had found and was in the process of excavating. This would have been a few years before the Atocha was found, which is when the Spanish gubmint started to go after the people who did the work of locating and recovering the cargoes.

[SunkenCiv]

For the weekly digest ping, I'm going to do a little blast from the past and list the newest-to-oldest GGG topics, since the last Digest ping (which was the Nefertiti tomb one):

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• ISIS beheads Palmyra antiquities expert in the ancient city where he had worked for 50 years -
• Confederate Warship, Weapons Recovered from Georgia River
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• How Did Marth's Vineyard Get it's Name?
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• Genetic test proves President Harding DID father a love child (tr)
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[Pelham]

I’ve always hoped that something would turn up on Oak Island.

Maybe it did and the finders were smart enough to tell everyone that they found nothing.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

” something would turn up on Oak Island.”

What happened to that show? Is it still on?

[Pelham]

“What happened to that show? Is it still on?”

Well the Oak Island I’m thinking of is an actual place off Nova Scotia. Didn’t know there was a show by that name.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Oh yeah! There was a weekly show about the search!

[M-cubed]

Probably Pot-metal....lol..Every body knows gold and silver cant function as a long term currency (currency=store of value.... for those of you from Loma Linda.....but do your own math.../s

[Rockpile]

More than ten thousand per coin? Uhhh, sure.

[Darth Reardon]

Treasure hunters off Florida have found $4.5 million in gold coins...

Treasure hunters off Florida have admitted to finding $4.5 million in gold coins. YMMV

[Rockpile]

Well, maybe collectors really will pay that or more but have not quite a few Spanish gold coins been found already?

[Bigg Red]

Nice pic!

[utax]

supposedly nine of the coins are worth $300,000 each.

[ColdOne]

Wow you do the coolest ping lists info. I so enjoy them.

[JimRed]

Whatever happened to “Search, shovel and shut up”? Now Uncle will claim the lion’s share.

[Yorlik803]

Dibs

[AllAmericanGirl44]

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