Blanchard and Co. is one of two dealers offering the coins from an area where 11 treasure-laden ships of a Spanish fleet were smashed onto reefs by a hurricane on July 31, 1715. The other dealer ...

This meant that the Roman soldier was being paid in silver coins that were potentially up to 250 years old. The modern equivalent is to pay a U.S. Marine today with Spanish doubloons.

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 ...

Rare Spanish coins dating back to the ancient world will be going on the auction block. Sotheby's announced Thursday that it is selling 37,895 of the rare coins on behalf of the New York City ...

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

A one euro coin has turned up in Spain bearing the face of cartoon couch potato Homer Simpson instead of that of the country's king, a sweetshop owner told Reuters on Friday.

Spanish archaeologists discovered ancient Roman-era coins, with rare traces of a purse, in the burned ruins of Casa del Mitreo in Mérida.

Twenty-two Spanish coins were found buried beneath the Treasure Coast. The rusted but historic coins date all the way back to a shipwreck that happened more than 300 years ago when a fleet of 11 ...