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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18736741/


Updated: 12:09 p.m. PT May 18, 2007

TAMPA, Fla. - Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have hauled up what could be the richest sunken treasure ever discovered: hundreds of thousands of colonial-era silver and gold coins worth an estimated $500 million from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

A chartered cargo jet recently landed in the United States to unload hundreds of plastic containers packed with the 500,000 coins, which are expected to fetch an average of $1,000 each from collectors and investors.

“For this colonial era, I think [the find] is unprecedented,” said rare coin expert Nick Bruyer, who was contracted by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration to examine a batch of coins from the wreck. “I don’t know of anything equal or comparable to it.”

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The_Ghost said:

Damn. That should have been me.

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TurntableJunky said:

The_Ghost said:

Damn. That should have been me.

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suimush said:

TurntableJunky said:

The_Ghost said:

Damn. That should have been me.

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Prisoner#1 said:

the government takes a large chunk

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