“Hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins—known as cobs in English and macuquinas in Spanish—served as the primary currency in ...

New research revealing details of gold coins found aboard a shipwreck off Colombia provides further evidence that the vessel ...

These gold coins haven’t glittered in more than 300 years. At 600 meters down, sunlight never reaches the seabed. Here, in ...

Historians say the vessel was carrying not only a crew of more than 600 men but also a massive fortune, including "200 tonnes ...

It was the “one that got away”. It became the “Holy Grail” of shipwrecks. Now, decades after treasure hunters claimed to have found its remains, the identity of the $26 billion Spanish galleon San ...

Researchers in Colombia have identified the San José galleon. The ship sank in 1708 during a battle. It carried treasure now ...

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

The Spanish galleon sank in 1708 and was discovered in 2015, but its true identity remained unconfirmed—until now.

Now that the location of this Holy Grail of treasure ships is known, a fierce legal wrangle has begun. The key question is, ...

High definition ROV images and 3D reconstruction revealed 1707 Lima mint marks on dozens of raw coins scattered 600 metres ...

Researchers have definitively identified the wreck of the San José, a Spanish galleon laden with treasure estimated at £16 ...

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