Gold coins recovered from the “world's richest shipwreck”, the Spanish galleon San José, have revealed 300-year-old imagery including castles, lions, and a Jerusalem cross variation. Discovered off ...

While casually scanning the grounds of Diamond Don’s RV Park roughly 165 miles east of Dallas, David Durocher and his partner stumbled on a well-preserved Spanish Maravedis coin minted in 1661.

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A woman found a 344-year-old Spanish coin in Marion County. They enjoy metal detecting, but the coin was found lying on the ground.

Archaeology & History Wreck of Legendary Spanish Galleon With $17 Billion Cargo Confirmed by Coin Evidence The holy grail of shipwrecks is believed to have been sunk by the British navy in 1708.

A 3D reconstruction of the coins onboard the ship suggest they are and-struck silver “cobs” or “macuquinas”, with heraldic symbols of Castile and León and a clear mint date of 1707.

New research into the gold coins ... in Spanish—that served as the primary currency in the Americas for more than two centuries,” the study’s lead author, Daniela Vargas Ariza, wrote about the coins ...

The San Jose galleon was believed to be holding gold, silver, gemstones and other treasure worth billions of dollars when it was sunk in 1708.

Science Archaeology Gold coins confirm ‘world’s richest shipwreck’ is 18th century Spanish galleon But who gets to claim the $17 billion treasure? By Andrew Paul Published Jun 11, 2025 10:30 ...

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 ...

The prized haul is believed to include emerald, gold, and silver worth as much as $20 billion.