: Section 7 Stacks of Gold and Silver Coins

西班牙 The tonnage of this Spanish sailing ship is about 500 tons. In the colonial era, it was a common size until the end of the big sailing ship in the middle of the 17th century.
I can confirm that this is a Spanish galleon.
船 Such ships are arguably one of the most legendary sailing ships in history. As the epitome of Spanish maritime supremacy in the 16th to 17th centuries, they are often associated with treasures, pirates, conquerors, and invincible fleets.
This ship has a huge hull and deadweight. The famous Spanish treasure fleet is composed of such ships.
I found such a Spanish sailing ship on the bottom of the sea without being boarded by other treasure hunters. As long as it is not too bad luck, there will be great gains, so why not let Chen Rui get excited.
锐 Chen Rui turned on the underwater infrared video recorder to start recording.
锐 Chen Rui spent some time clearing the mud on the boat.
After a short while, the whole picture of the Spanish galleon was revealed, because the hull was covered with mud and sand, and it was kept in an environment isolated from the air for a long time.
数百 The oak treated with a special method has been soaked and corroded by seawater for hundreds of years without any sign of softness or decay.
锐 Chen Rui took the underwater infrared video recorder to swim into the ship's barn and began to record the scene inside the cabin.
The barge was dark.
Under the strong light of the mining lamp, the scene in the boat warehouse is clear at a glance.
锐 Chen Rui found a lot of corpses and looked gloomy. The image of the ghost of the shipwreck appeared in Chen Rui's mind.
The wreck of the wreck echoed day and night in the empty, cold wreck, footsteps, sighing, and mourning.
From the appearance of these bones in the ship's warehouse instead of on the deck, it can be inferred that the ship was not attacked by pirates, but sunk in the storm in Shanghai.
锐 Chen Rui collected the valuable items that can be seen in the upper part of the ship's warehouse into pregnant sea beads.
These include gold and silver coins on the crew, decorations on the ship, silver tableware in the restaurant, and bronze cannons equipped on the ship.
The highlight is still behind.
地方 A place to store supplies at the bottom of the ship's warehouse.
Chen Rui swims carefully.
The door of the warehouse was closed and locked, but after a long period of soaking in the seawater, the lock was rusty.
锐 Chen Rui twisted his hand gently, and the lock was twisted.
He pushed open the door, and for a moment, blinded Chen Rui's eyes.
This is a treasure ship that transports gold and silver jewelry plundered from the colonies of South America to Spain.
Hundreds of large boxes were placed in the warehouse.
Some boxes have been soaked in sea water for a long time and have been corroded, revealing gold and silver coins and gems inside.
Of course, this scene was also shot by an underwater infrared video recorder.
锐 Chen Rui put the box into the pregnant Haizhu space.
Next, I searched again and confirmed that nothing was missing.
Finally, the ship is also put into pregnant Haizhu, and a shipwreck museum may be built in the future.
Such a very well-preserved, very representative and symbolic Spanish galleon. When you see this Spanish galleon, you will think of the 16-17th century sailing era, the invincible fleet, the golden treasure ship, the pirates ... ..
西班牙 This Spanish sailing ship also symbolizes Spanish maritime supremacy.
Connect with a huge treasure.
I believe many people are interested in this Spanish galleon.
After three days, Chen Rui counted the harvest.
300,000 Spanish gold and silver coins, 300 pounds of precious stones, 6 artillery pieces, some silver tableware and decorations, the initial estimated value is more than 200 million US dollars.
What to do with this treasure became Chen Rui's next thing to do.
There are two ways.
First, the gold and silver coins and silver tableware and decorations are melted into gold and silver ingots, sold at the current gold and silver prices, and the gems are sold to the jewelry store in batches.
It is the safest way to do this. You will not reveal your secrets, and you do not have to worry about Spanish government and government pursuing Chen Rui for this huge sunken ship treasure.
However, melting gold and silver coins into gold and silver ingots and selling them at the current price of gold and silver has greatly reduced the wealth ultimately obtained, and may only get more than 100 million US dollars in the end.
估价 This wrecked treasure is valued at US $ 200 million, which is based on the cultural value of Spanish gold and silver coins.
Second, to entrust the auction company to auction, so as to obtain greater benefits.
However, Chen Rui is likely to be brought to court by the Spanish government and government to recover this wrecked treasure from Chen Rui.
In the end, Chen Rui chose to commission an auction company for two reasons.
For one thing, the location of the shipwreck is on the high seas, and Chen Rui can keep at least 90% of the treasure.
Secondly, this is a merchant ship, and the transport of coins is actually a commercial act, not a state action. In this case, the International Salvage Convention protects the interests of the salvage, that is, the commercial sunken ship belongs to the salvage.
There are many precedents.
For example, British professional treasure hunter Michael Hatcher salvages the Qing Dynasty shipwreck 'Godmarson' in the South China Sea and quietly pulls them to the high seas. One year later, with the 'unclaimed shipwreck allowed auction,' he sold the ship The goods were entrusted to Christie's Auction House in the Netherlands.
In September 1998, the owner of a German cement plant, Tilman Waterfau, under the name of "Exploring the Sea Company", UU Reading www.uukanshu.com organized a professional team to conduct a Tang Dynasty shipwreck "Blackstone" Salvage. In the end, after purchasing the salvaged cultural relics for several years, the Singapore "Sentosa" agency purchased a total of 30 million US dollars in 2005.
凭 Based on the provisions of the two International Salvage Laws alone, Chen Rui believes that the Spanish government and government have a lawsuit against themselves. The Spanish government and government have a 90% chance of losing.
Therefore, in order to maximize the benefits, Chen Rui decided to entrust the auction to the auction company. Chen Rui had enough confidence to fight lawsuits with Spanish government and government, and was willing to have more lawyers for Chen Rui, a future billionaire.
After half a month.
消息 The news that ‘Lucky Star’ was salvaged suddenly shocked the world.
'Lucky Star' is the name Chen Rui gave this Spanish sailing ship.
西班牙 This Spanish sailing ship is indeed Chen Rui's 'lucky star'.
Stacks of Spanish gold coins, silver coins, gems, and high-precision well-preserved Spanish galleons appeared in major media newspapers, TV news, and the Internet.
I shocked everyone who saw the news, and I was jealous when I was shocked.
Immediately, experts in the field evaluated the wreck treasures.
The final estimated value is more than 250 million US dollars, which is more than 50 million US dollars than Chen Rui's 200 million US dollars.
The owner of the treasure, Chen Rui, who was standing next to the Spanish sailing ship, also became the focus of the world.