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$500 Million Hoard of treasure 'found on wreck off Cornwall'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/19/nwreck19.xml

For anyone interested in treasure hunting, this may be the richest treasure find in history. Althought code named the "Black Swan" many think that this is the discovery of the Merchant Royal. Initial reports indicates that Odyessy Marine Exploration (AMEX OMR) has recovered 500,000 silver coins (17 tons worth!!!) from a 17th Century Merchant Ship which sank in the Atlantic off of Lands End.
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