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Riches recovered: $1 million worth of gold coins stolen from 18th century shipwrecks found
By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — After an extensive investigation, Florida officials recovered dozens of gold coins valued at more than $1 million that were stolen from a shipwreck recovery nine years ago. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced in a news release Tuesday it had recovered 37 gold coins that were stolen from the 1715 Fleet shipwrecks. The fleet of Spanish ships sailed from Havana, Cuba and headed to Seville, Spain on July 24, 1715. The journey was short-lived, as a hurricane wrecked the fleet just seven days later off the coast of Eastern Florida. The first ship was discovered in 1928 by William Beach north of Fort Pierce, Florida, about 120 mil

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