Chapter 1502 Rare Antique Gold Coins
Ye Tian looked at the big gold coin in Raymond's hand, and then pretended to be surprised and said:
"This is a Spanish gold Dobloon, worth the equivalent of eight gold escudos, and the number of such large gold coins minted is very small, and even fewer have survived to this day!
If I'm not mistaken, this rare gold Dobloon coin is supposed to have been struck at the Spanish mint in Panama City, circa 1580.
Raymond, look at the right side of the obverse of this gold Dobloon, does it have the word 'AP' in capital letters? That's the Panamanian Mint's logo, which means Upper Peru."
Hearing this, Raymond immediately began to check the Dobroon gold coins in his hand.
After a few seconds, the guy nodded excitedly and said:
"Your eyesight is amazing, Steven, and yes, this gold Dobloon coin does have a capital 'AP' on it, right where you say it!
It seems that this is indeed a gold coin of Dobloons minted in Panama City, and it must be worth a lot, right? It must be an antique gold coin of great value!"
Ye Tian nodded lightly, then said with a smile:
"You're right, Raymond, this is indeed an antique gold coin of great value, and one of the most expensive Spanish antique gold coins, with a current market value of not less than two hundred thousand dollars.
The reason why this gold Dobloon coin is so expensive is because of the Panamanian Mint, which historically existed for a very short time, and it stopped functioning after only three years of minting!
Moreover, the coins minted by the Panama Mint are mainly silver coins of the coat of arms series, and there are very few gold coins minted, let alone huge Dobloon gold coins, which are completely rare!
Compared with the gold and silver coins minted by several other Spanish and Latin American mints, the gold and silver coins of the Panama Mint are much rarer and more expensive in the market, and it is difficult to find them in the market!
Of course, if a large number of gold and silver coins struck by the Panamanian Mint flooded the market at the same time, it would certainly pull down the market value of these antique coins, and it was up to the owner to do so.
If the owners of such gold and silver coins are wiser, they will bulk the goods little by little, stretch the timeline of the bulk goods, and let the market slowly digest these rare and antique coins, and it will not be difficult to maximize the profits!"
"Wow! A Panamanian Mint's Dobloon gold coin is worth more than 200,000 dollars, which is really an exaggeration, and there are many Dobloon gold coins here, which is undoubtedly a very amazing fortune!"
Raymond said with emotion, his eyes lit up with excitement.
"Not only the gold Dobron coins of the Panamanian Mint, but almost every gold coin here, whether Dobroon, Escudo, or rial, is an antique coin of great value.
The market value of these antique gold coins far exceeds the value of the gold used to mint them, and of course, this requires us to work hard to maximize the profits.
Alright, let's keep working, and when the exploration is over, let's transport all these antique gold coins back to the Brave Dreadnought, and have time to appreciate them slowly!"
After speaking, Ye Tian threw the rial gold coin in his hand back into the box.
Matisse and Raymond did the same, and threw the gold coins in their hands back into the box, somewhat reluctant!
Next, Ye Tian asked Matisse to re-cover the two boxes and lock the boxes with safety locks for the next salvage operation.
With that done, the three of them went to the corner between the inner bulkhead and the floor of the captain's cabin, ready to deal with the coral-covered pile.
When the underwater robot used a metal detector to explore this place before, it detected a strong metal signal under the coral, and there is no need to ask, this corner must be full of gold and silver treasures!
It was still Matisse and Raymond who did it, and the two used diving knives to peel off the large pieces of coral covering the gold and silver treasures little by little, while Ye Tian watched from the side.
It didn't take much effort for the corals that had grown for hundreds of years and had taken shape with great difficulty, but they were peeled off by Matisse with an incomparably sharp diving knife and scattered to the side.
With Matisse's movements, the water in the captain's room became a little muddy, but the dazzling golden light could not be concealed at all!
Unsurprisingly, beneath that coral was a sparkling pile of gold coins, as well as a handful of silver coins, all from the Spanish Latin American colonies!
Like the two previous boxes of antique gold coins, these gold and silver coins are of all sizes, denominations, and struck at different ages, from the 16th century to the middle of the 17th century!
And they also come from different origins, covering almost all of Spain's mints in Latin America, some from Mexico City, some from Santo Domingo, some from Lima, etc.!
These gold and silver coins are also valuable antique coins with a certain collector's value, and many of them are extremely scarce.
In this pile of gold and silver coins, Ye Tian even saw the shadow of the sixteenth-century Spanish royal figure-of-eight escudo, which was one of the most expensive antique gold coins, one was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars!
The moment the pile of gold and silver coins was discovered, there was another cheer in the captain's room, from Matisse and Raymond, of course.
Immediately afterwards, the guys in the two submarines outside also cheered excitedly.
After a short celebration, Ye Tian and the others were busy again.
The three of them worked together and quickly cleaned up the pile of gold and silver coins and found a lot of gold and silver coins scattered around.
After doing all this work, they reached the hatch that led to the treasure room, ready to enter the airtight treasure room next door.
After coming to the hatch and stabilizing his body one after another, Ye Tian immediately stretched out his right hand and tried to push the hatch to see if he could push it open, it would naturally be better!
But alas, the hatch did not move, and there was no sign of opening.
Seeing this situation, Ye Tian did not increase his strength to continue pushing, but withdrew his right hand.
"Obviously, something is blocking the hatch from the inside, and it is very strong, and it is probably a chest full of gold and silver treasures, which is why it is so heavy!
For the sake of safety, it's best not to force the hatch open, as the boxes behind the hatch are likely to cause a chain reaction if they tumble, which is not a good thing!
It's better to break it, do it a little higher, it's safer, and when you cut it, you have to be careful not to damage the boxes that may exist behind the bulkhead!"
While saying this, Ye Tian quickly selected the most ideal location for demolition, of course, it was the result of his secret perspective, foolproof!
Once the demolition area was designated, he retreated a few meters backwards, giving up his position to Matisse and Raymond, who were holding an underwater electric cutter.
When Matisse and the others began to cut the bulkhead, Ye Tian swam out of the captain's cabin with his legs and came to the five-seater submarine piloted by Miller.
He took a few sealed bags from the salvage equipment carried by the mini-submarine and returned to the captain's quarters.
When he returned, he swam straight to the pile of gold and silver at the corner of the bulkhead and the floor, and then landed on the overturned bulkhead, and stabilized himself.
Immediately afterwards, he took out a sealed bag and opened it, then supported the mouth of the sealed bag with his left hand, and shaved gold and silver coins into it with his right hand, the action was very bold and atmospheric, just like loading rice in his own granary!
He had just finished filling one bag, sealed the mouth of the bag, and was about to fill the second bag, when Matisse's excited voice suddenly came from the earphones.
"Steven, we've broken through the bulkhead, and this hidden cabin is indeed a treasure room, and when you look through the open hole, you can see seven or eight chests, the same size as the two chests just now!
Don't even think about it, these chests must be full of gold and silver treasures, maybe a lot of jewels and diamonds, and in addition to these chests, there are also a lot of things on the floor of the treasure room, and there is a faint light flashing!"
Hearing this, Ye Tian immediately stopped what he was doing and turned his head to look over.
Sure enough!
With such kung fu, Matisse and Raymond had already cut a large hole in the bulkhead with a length of one meter and two or three meters in width, which was enough for everyone to enter and exit the treasure room freely!
As for what treasure is hidden in that treasure room, how valuable it is, Ye Tian already knows it, and it couldn't be clearer!
He glanced at the situation over there, then smiled and said:
"Matisse, Raymond, don't worry about the situation in the treasure room for now, let's go into it to hunt for treasures later, there is time, those gold and silver treasures will not grow wings and fly!"
Let's clean up the gold and silver treasures scattered in the captain's quarters, and put them all in a sealed bag, so as not to get in the way for a while, and to make it easier to salvage later!"
"Okay, Steven"
Matisse nodded in response, and swam over with Raymond.
After coming here and stabilizing their bodies one after another, the two guys each took a sealed bag, followed suit, and began to dig those dazzling gold and silver coins into the sealed bag!
In a few minutes, the pile of gold and silver coins that had been sleeping in this corner for hundreds of years had been put into a sealed bag, and soon they would come to the surface and see the light of day!