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

The San Jose galleon was believed to be holding gold, silver, gemstones and other treasure worth billions of dollars when it was sunk in 1708.

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

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

A wealth of treasure onboard the “world’s richest shipwreck” is starting to be revealed. Marine archaeologists and the ...

The lure of sunken treasure under the waves has wreck-hunting salvage investigators scouring the sea beds to make their ...

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

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

Considered the Holy Grail of all shipwrecks, the Spanish galleon San Jose blew up and sank in 1708 at the hands of British ...

Officials claim they used coins discovered inside a shipwreck off the coast of Colombia to prove the doomed vessel is the ...

The study said the evidence from the coins supports the identification of the wreck as the San José Galleon, which sank in ...

Antiquity 2025 New details of gold coins found off the coast of Colombia around the "world's richest shipwreck" verify they are from the Spanish galleon San José, a treasure ship that sank in ...