Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for distribution among its colonies. By the discovery’s minting in 1661, Spain was ...

New details of gold coins found off the coast of Colombia around the "world's richest shipwreck" verify they are from the Spanish galleon San José, a treasure ship that sank in 1708 during a ...

Collectively, the 37 coins are valued at more than $1 million, experts say, including a one-of-a-kind gold piece from 1709 that was mistakenly hammered with a silver coin stamp.

Gold coins worth $1M from 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck are recovered after 'salvager illegally sold them' By ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM. Published: 02:14 EDT, 27 November 2024 | Updated ...

Experts have confirmed that dozens of gold coins scattered across the ocean floor off the coast of Colombia belonged to the San José, an ill-fated Spanish treasure galleon that sank over 300 ...

Colombian academics have used high-definition images of coins to identify the ship as the San José, which was heading from Peru to Spain.

Florida authorities recovered a collection of gold coins from an 18th-century Spanish convoy that was stolen in 2015. The 37 gold coins were snatched from the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet and have a… ...

The coins belong to the wreckage of the 1715 Fleet, a group of 11 Spanish ships tasked with retrieving silver and gold from the Americas. The vessels, loaded with treasure, set sail for Spain on ...

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The 37 coins included a one-of-a-kind gold piece from 1709 that was mistakenly hammered with a silver coin stamp. Gold coins worth over $1M stolen off 1715 shipwreck recovered, Florida officials say ...