Spanish Win the Fight for the Mercedes – Judge Orders Odyssey to Return $500...
Sinking of the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes The Battle of Cape Santa Maria was one of the most controversial naval engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The attack on a Spanish treasure fleet on...
View ArticleUpdate: Odyssey Marine Loses Appeal to Supreme Court Justice
Earlier this week, we posted that a circuit court had upheld previous rulings against Odyssey Marine Exploration, requiring the company to return to Spain $500m (£308m) worth of gold and silver coins...
View Article$500 Million Treasure of the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes Returning Soon to...
Within the next day or so, two Spanish Air Force C-130 transport planes will land at Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base to load 17 tons of gold and silver coins and other artifacts recovered from the wreck...
View ArticlePlunderers Plundering the Plunder – Peru Claims Share of Coin Treasure
The silver and gold coins valued at $500 million that Odyssey Marine recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes have now been flown to Spain. American courts ruled that the coins...
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