Centuries-old coins, believed to be part of a $17 billion treasure trove on the shipwreck of the Spanish galleon ship San ...

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

The study said the evidence from the coins supports the identification of the wreck as the San José Galleon, which sank in ...

A collection of rare gold coins nearly lost to history after its owner passed away has fetched nearly $4 million at auction.

New pictures of coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Colombia help tell the story of the ship's journey.

Workers uncovered nearly 70 gold coins hidden in a jar. They thought they'd struck gold — until the heirs came knocking.

Dubbed the “holy grail” of shipwrecks, the San José went down in 1708 during a battle with the British Navy, CBS News reported. It carried a fortune in gold, silver, and gems—some estimates put the ...

Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for ...

A remarkable gold-coin collection, hidden behind a wall in the home of late French numismatist Paul Narce, fetched a ...

The artifact, and others found in alongside it, indicate that the owner was “a prominent individual of her time.” ...