US EditionDivers Recover More Than 1,000 Coins Worth $1 Million From 1715 Florida Shipwreck
Salvage divers recovered over 1,000 silver and gold coins from the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet valued at $1 million, with many coins still showing mint marks.
- Divers recovered over 1,000 silver and gold coins valued at $1 million from a shipwreck off Florida's Treasure Coast during the summer of 2025.
- The treasure is from the 1715 Spanish fleet that sank during a hurricane, carrying riches estimated at $400 million.
- Sal Guttuso of Queens Jewels, LLC stated that each coin provides a historical link to the Golden Age of the Spanish Empire.
- The coins will be cleaned and displayed in local museums, according to Queens Jewels, LLC.
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The discovery occurred in the area known as the Costa del Tesoro, the site of shipwrecks of the 1715 Frota, composed of twelve Spanish ships carrying wealth from the New World to Spain. A team recovered more than 1,000 silver coins and gold from a shipwreck, with an estimated value of $1,000,000. “This discovery is not only about the treasure itself, but also about the stories it tells. Each coin is a fragment of history, a tangible link with th…
Excavators find $1 million in gold coins from Spanish shipwreck along Florida’s ‘Treasure Coast’
Hidden beneath the turquoise waters off a stretch of Florida known as the “Treasure Coast,” a team of divers from a shipwreck salvage company have uncovered exactly that — a load of long-lost Spanish treasure they estimate is worth $1 million.
Off the coast of Florida, in an area known as the "Treasure Coast," divers from the salvage company 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC recovered more than a thousand silver and gold coins from a centuries-old Spanish shipwreck this summer. The find, estimated at $1 million, was made in the Atlantic Ocean between Melbourne and Fort Pierce.
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