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They Salved a Million Coins - Then the Sea and Courts Fought Back
They Salved a Million Coins - Then the Sea and Courts Fought Back
Nearly a million coins recovered from a wreck off Portugal arrived in the United States in 2007 - but corrosion and courts began destroying the find faster than anyone expected. Who could claim a shipwreck whose artifacts begin disintegrating the moment they leave the water, and what happens when preservation fails before a judge decides?
In this episode, we follow the recovery of material from the wreck identified as Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes and trace both the preservation crisis that began the moment the coins were…
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