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Spain thinks shipwreck treasure is hidden in Gibraltar - Gibraltar News
Sep 1 at 1:01pm
The Spanish Government thinks that part of the treasure discovered by the Odyssey company is hidden in Gibraltar, possibly in a warehouse in the port area.
It will be recalled that last year, gold and silver coins were found by Odyssey at sea and flown from Gibraltar to the USA. The Spanish have lodged a claim, while Peru have now also done the same. Part of that haul is said to still be in Gibraltar, hidden away somewhere.
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Peru group jumps into Odyssey and Spain treasure battle - CoinNews
Jun 11 at 10:10pm
The Association of Peruvian Consumers and Users (ASPEC) requested the Peru government to join the legal battle between Odyssey Marine Exploration and Spain over the sunken treasure trove of silver and gold coins discovered last year.
Ownership of the 17-ton treasure found by Odyssey in May of 2007 is worth several hundred million, and has been hotly contested.
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Spain’s lost treasure battle in U.S. court - CNN
Jun 9 at 3:03pm
A battle royale over an estimated $500 million treasure that a Florida deep-sea salvage company found last year is due for a fresh round in court in Florida on Monday.
The Spanish government now says the 500,000 silver and gold coins that the company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, found last year in the Atlantic Ocean near Spain came from one of its ships that sunk in a 19th-century naval battle. Spain wants the entire treasure returned, but Odyssey insists Spain may have no right to it.
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Odyssey and Spain on NPR - CoinNews
May 22 at 2:02pm
National Public Radio (NPR) had a segment Monday, May 19, discussing the legal battle between Spain and Odyssey Marine Exploration for the 17-tons of Colonial-era coins recovered from the ocean floor.
That legal dispute started back in May of 2007 when Odyssey discovered a 17th-century shipwreck, they code-named the “Black Swan”.
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Spain pressing claim against Odyssey - The New York Times
May 12 at 11:11am
The Spanish government is pressing its claim to a deep-sea treasure that it did not know existed until it was recovered last year by an American exploration company, saying that the gold and silver coins belongs to the state because it came from a Spanish warship sunk by the British in 1804.
Spain’s dispute with Odyssey Marine Exploration — which shipped the trove, worth as much as $500 million, out of the British port of Gibraltar to the United States last year — will be argued in a court in Tampa, Fla, where Odyssey is based.
Entire article: For This Treasure, Spain Says, Finders Aren’t Keepers
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