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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.
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.
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
Gallery: Treasure hunter follows breadcrumb trail of coins. Video:Professional historic shipwreck salvor searches for treasure from 1715 fleet. Video: Fort Pierce unveils 1715 cannon from treasure ...
A trove of gold coins reported stolen from the 1715 Fleet Shipwrecks on Florida's Treasure ... to the illegal sale of the stolen coins in 2023 and 2024, FWC said. ... $1 million in stolen gold ...
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.
Chief scientist Bob Evans looks at gold bars recovered from the S.S. Central America steamship that went down in a hurricane in 1857 in a laboratory on Jan. 23, 2018, in Santa Ana, California.
The RMS Republic was a British ship built in 1903, the Republic was carrying $3,250,000 worth of gold and double eagles for the US Navy's Great White Fleet. However, the ship collided with the SS Florida and sunk. In 1919 an attempt was made to recover the lost money, but it was ultimately unsuccessful. [16] [17] Romanian Treasure: Confirmed ...