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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The discovery was part of a "vast fortune carried by the fleet, which was transporting New World riches back to Spain," the ...