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Coins from the reign of Charles IV of Spain salvaged by Odyssey from the "Black Swan" site and ready for sale.. Odyssey Marine stated on 21 May 2007 that most of the recovered coins and treasure are believed to be from a particular shipwreck, but it was likely that artifacts from other wrecks had also been mixed in and were recovered.
The registered wealth included 166,574 silver “pieces of eight” treasure coins, more than 550 ingots of silver weighing approximately 10,000 pounds, and over 9,000 ounces of gold in the form of bars, discs, and bits. Additionally, there was a large amount of contraband treasure smuggled on board to avoid a 20 percent tax to the Spanish king.
On July 28, 2015, Brisben announced that the same family of subcontractors had found over 50 gold coins worth approximately 1 Million Dollars. The centerpiece of the find was an extremely rare coin called a Royal dated 1715. [8] The Royal coin was a perfect specimen of Spanish coinage made specifically for King Phillip V. 1715 Royal Eight Escudo
The ship had been heading back from the New World to the court of King Philip V of Spain, laden with treasures such as chests of emeralds and some 200 tons of gold coins.
Onion glass bottles over 300 years old were retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean off Indian River County in 2021 and 2022.. While the exact ship carrying the onion glasses remains unknown, the vessel ...
HMS Sussex was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, [1] lost in a severe storm on 1 March 1694 [2] off Gibraltar. On board were possibly 10 tons (330,000 troy oz) of gold coins. This could now be worth more than $500 million, including the bullion and antiquity values, making it one of the most valuable wrecks ever.
The Christmas Tree Ship. 124-foot 3-masted double-centerboard lumber schooner built in 1868. Later in her career she was used to haul Christmas trees from Thompson, Michigan to Chicago, and sank in November 1912, with all hands lost. [136] [137] 58: S.C. Baldwin Shipwreck (barge) S.C. Baldwin Shipwreck (barge) August 22, 2016
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