After winning the court battle against US treasure hunters, the Spanish government displayed thousands of gold and silver coins, found in a 19th-century shipwreck, in a Spanish museum on Thursday. The cargo from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes warship came to Spain in 2012 after a five-year legal battle with Odyssey, the US company that hauled it up two centuries after it sank. Officials on Thursday inaugurated a new exhibition at the Museum of Subaquatic ...Friday 30 May 2014
Spain Puts Sunken Treasure on Display After Winning Court Battle
After winning the court battle against US treasure hunters, the Spanish government displayed thousands of gold and silver coins, found in a 19th-century shipwreck, in a Spanish museum on Thursday. The cargo from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes warship came to Spain in 2012 after a five-year legal battle with Odyssey, the US company that hauled it up two centuries after it sank. Officials on Thursday inaugurated a new exhibition at the Museum of Subaquatic ...
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