At the bottom of the sea found a half a billion dollars in gold and silver coins

Treasure in Sunken korable



In 2007, the company "Sea Odyssey", specializing in search of treasure wrecks found off the coast of Portugal, more than 500 thousand coins left after the shipwreck.





Spanish frigate "Nuestra Signora de las Mercedes" was sunk by the British in 1804, on board were a lot of gold and silver coins worth a total of $ 500 million. Spain said on the discovery of their rights, "Odyssey" also defended his.



In 2012, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Spain and ordered the "Odyssey" to return a cargo ship his home country. The company tried to appeal the decision, but the complaint was rejected by the US Supreme Court.

via factroom.ru