The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from ...

Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for distribution among its colonies. By the discovery’s minting in 1661, Spain was ...

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

John Burnham was known for melting down Spanish silver coins and turning them into silverware. His “Maker’s Mark” was his first initial and last name. Recently, the historical society received a ...

Considered the Holy Grail of all shipwrecks, the Spanish galleon San Jose blew up and sank in 1708 at the hands of British cannons, and it took with it what experts have estimated to be $17 billion in ...

Before dawn on Feb. 16, a semitrailer truck left a secret, well-protected compound outside Sarasota, Fla., loaded with nearly 9 tons of 200-year-old silver coins. Three U.S. marshals and a ...

200 silver coins, a flintlock and rare vase are latest treasures pulled off fleet of shipwrecks that off Florida’s coast in 1715. Coins, flintlock found on 1715 shipwreck, Florida team says ...