Salvage crew finds $1 million treasure

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on 300-year-old shipwreck VERO BEACH, Fla. (WPTV) - Over $1 million worth of silver and gold coins have been recovered from the remains of a Spanish fleet that sank off the Florida coast 310 years ago.​


The shipwreck happened due to a hurricane on July 31, 1715, while the Treasure Fleet was transporting New World riches back to Spain. An estimated $400 million worth of gold, silver and jewels were lost in the disaster, which has been marked as one of the greatest maritime tragedies of the Americas.

Salvage crew finds $1 million treasure on 300-year-old shipwreck
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I read somewhere a few years ago, that any treasure found
from these Spanish Galleons, is hotly disputed in the courts,
by several parties, the country that it was stolen from, the
country where it was heading for, plus the owner of the ship's
descendants.

I wondered at the time about the legality, of the Spaniards
and the shippers, position in all of this, I thought that the
only rightful claimant would be the country whom it was stolen
from, if they can prove ownership, no photographs in those
far away times.

Mike.
 
Wow. What a find. The coins are far from round and flat. I wonder if they will polish them up with soaking them in vinegar . I’d love to see them all polished and shiny.
 
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