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$20 billion in gold and silver lies at the bottom of the sea

Beneath the ocean’s surface lie shipwrecks with fortunes still locked inside. From the San Jose's fabled Spanish treasure to ...
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Numismatic rarities recovered from the SS Central America and SS Republic will co-headline an April 29th auction in Reno

13 troy ounce Kellogg & Humbert gold ingot, expected to sell for $80,000-$100,000. The gold bar, stamped “Kellogg &” and “Humbert”, was valued at just $236.82 in 1857 dollars. 1852 US Assay Office $50 ...
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Man Jailed For 10 Years For Refusing To Reveal Location Of "Ship Of Gold" Treasure May Soon Be Freed

A former deep-sea treasure hunter and research scientist jailed for refusing to disclose the location of 500 missing gold ...
insider.si.edu

A California Gold Rush history : featuring the treasure from the S.S. Central America : a source book for the Gold Rush historian and numismatist / by Q. David Bowers ...

"The California Gold Rush: Getting there, Mining, Contemporary stories and accounts, Private coiners and assayers, San Francisco Mint -- Treasure of the S.S. Central America: Saga at sea of the ...
National Geographic news

How one shipwreck and a cargo of lost gold sparked a U.S. financial panic

The S.S. Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1857, taking with it 425 lives and a fortune in gold rush bounty. When the Central America sank, it became the worst maritime disaster ...