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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 565983, member: 6647&quot;]Great history.&nbsp; I take it you are keen to own one of those escudos.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is always interesting to me, the amount of contraband these Spanish treasure ships held.&nbsp; When these shipwrecks are salvaged, it seems like there is always a great deal of money on board that never made it into the official ledgers.&nbsp; Says something about the level of corruption that was a normal part of government and commerce in Spain at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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