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6 January 2009

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Coin Treasure Claim from Peru Over “Black Swan” Shipwreck - Coin News

The Republic of Peru on Tuesday entered the legal fray between Odyssey Marine Exploration and Spain over a 17-ton booty of Colonial-era silver and gold coins discovered at a shipwreck site Odyssey code-named the “Black Swan.”

That legal dispute started back in May of 2007 after Odyssey — a Florida based treasure hunting, and deep-sea exploration firm — hauled up over 500,000 silver and gold coins from a 17th-century shipwreck site found on the Atlantic sea floor.

Read article: Coin Treasure Claim from Peru Over “Black Swan” Shipwreck - Coin News

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