Researchers used robotic diving vehicles to study gold coins on the seafloor by the wreck of the Spanish galleon San José.

N ew 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 ...

Considered the Holy Grail of all shipwrecks, the Spanish galleon San Jose blew up and sank in 1708 at the hands of British cannons, and it took with it what experts have estimated to be $17 billion in ...

Wreck of Legendary Spanish Galleon With $17 Billion Cargo Confirmed by Coin Evidence. ... The obverse of coins show a Jerusalem cross enclosing castles and lions, a symbol of Castile and Leon.

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 ...

Treasure recovered from a Spanish ship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622 will be auctioned next month. A solid gold chalice, an emerald-encrusted cross and a bag of silver coins will go ...

Gold coins found in centuries-old shipwrecks off Colombia 00:53. More than three centuries after a legendary Spanish galleon loaded with treasure sank off the coast of Colombia, researches have ...

Heraldic symbols bear the crests of the crowns of Castile and Leon, indicating a Hispanic galleon, the study found. The coins also bear a Jerusalem Cross, Columns of Hercules, sea waves, and ...

Explorers have recovered coins, ... legend became reality when they uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 350-year-old sunken Spanish galleon – including coins, ... alongside the Cross of St. James.

The auction items include silver coins, a gold chalice and an emerald cross. ABC News. Video. Live. Shows. Shop. Log In. Stream on. Sunken Treasure from Spanish Galleon to be Auctioned Off in New ...

For one team of explorers, however, legend became reality when they uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 350-year-old sunken Spanish galleon – including coins, gemstones and priceless jewels ...