Chemical studies of old English coins are helping unravel a centuries-old mystery: What happened to all the silver that Spaniards dug out of the New World? Silver from Mexican mines started being ...

Recently, there was a debate in the Mexican Congress on the proposal to monetize the Silver Libertad Coin. The debate took place during a forum for “The Promotion of Savings for Mexicans.” If Mexico ...

Metal detectorist Travis Nichols discovered a rare 1782 silver Spanish one-reale coin on a Nantucket beach, adding to his ...

More than 1,000 silver and gold coins worth about $1 million were recovered from a 1715 Spanish shipwreck off Florida's coast ...

The vessels sank in a violent hurricane off the coast of Florida in July 1715, when they were traveling from Cuba to Spain ...

The coins were minted in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia, the salvage operation said. Many of the coins still bear their mint markings, making them an important discovery for historians. Some of the silver ...

Eleven Spanish vessels shipwrecked during the 18th century in Florida. One-million dollar in gold and silver was found on the fleet.

LAREDO — The biggest commercial port on the frontier with Mexico is a favorite for drug traffickers and other contraband smugglers, and now federal agents here say they’ve uncovered a new scheme: ...

At the first sight of the huge sculpture of a coin set in Jinggangshan in East China's Jiangxi province, Diego Barroso, a Mexican language teacher based in Shanghai, wonders how the pattern of Latin ...

Gold and silver coins worth about $1 million are found in Florida waters from Spanish ships that sank in a 1715 hurricane ...