$1M worth of coins recovered in Spanish shipwreck off Florida coast, treasure hunters say

More than 1000 silver and gold coins in aggregate, estimated at about $ 1 million, were discovered as a result of the 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Florida, the company for saving shipwrecking said.

Company, 1715 Fleet Queens Jewels, LLCIn a press release, he said that in July he discovered coins at the southeastern state of the state, the so-called coast of treasures.

The detection is allegedly part of gold, silver and precious stones in the amount of $ 400 million lost by the Spanish fleet during a hurricane in 1715, the company said.

“This discovery concerns not only the treasure itself, but also the stories that it tells,” said Sal Guttuso, the company's director of operations, in the press release. “Each coin is a part of the story, a tangible connection with people who lived, worked and swam during the Golden Age of the Spanish Empire.”

“To find 1000 of them in one recovery is rare and unusual,” he added.

1715 Fleet -Korolevsky jewelry said that coins, known as eight pieces, were shown in the Spanish colonies of Mexico, Peru and Bolivia. The company added that many of them still have visible dates and brands of mint, “making them important for both historians and collectors.”

“The state of coins suggests that they were part of one chest or shipment that spilled when the ship exploded in the fury of the hurricane,” the press release added.

On Thursday, Guttuso said that the coins were found scattered in the concentrated area deep in the sand. He added that coins are believed to be in the container when some of them carry a bag of bag.

“We think that they would have these things in wooden boxes,” he said, “and it makes sense, because the wooden box decomposes in the ocean, and, as soon as the box decomposes, the bag worsens, and the only thing that remains is these silver coins.”

He added that one of the objects found along with the coins is the royal lead press with the impression of Philip II from Spain, which controlled in the middle until the end of the 1500s.

“You can almost assume that it was a family relic,” he said. “This lead seal probably had an important document that could give this family title for land or positions.”

1715 Fleet -Korolevsky jewelry, which claim that they own exclusive rights to save the treasures of the treasures of 1715 to the remains of the fleet, said that the restored coins will be careful before the public is presented, and that plans that will be displayed in local museums will be issued.

“Each find helps to collect the human history of the fleet of 1715,” Guttuso said. “We strive to preserve and study these artifacts so that future generations can appreciate their historical significance.”

The US District Court from Florida and the office of Governor Florida Ron landing did not immediately respond to requests for discovery commenting.