Finding the sunken treasure ship the San Jose

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• keyman64 Posts: 15,550 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2015 3:06PM

  I saw that on Discovery.com. Cool stuff.
  
  Linky to Discovery.com

  "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
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• TopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2015 3:19PM

  Yeah it was pretty cool.
  The didn't mention any coins, just gold and silver so I didn't post it.

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• ShadyDave Posts: 2,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 7, 2015 10:36PM

  Originally posted by: Hydrant
  Seventeen billion dollars is a lot of money. Sounds fishy.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  There are a few articles on the shipwreck being found. One indicated the contents of the ship was 2 to 3 times the annual GDP of Spain at that point, so it doesn't seem entirely out of reach if those numbers are correct.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  December 8, 2015 12:04AM

  If they finally recover the treasure, the value will be determined by the sales. Prior estimates
  
  are somewhat hyped....Cheers, RickO

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