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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 566589, member: 8959&quot;]Thank you bhp3rd, Thank you Acanthite (also for nominating this post), </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, it seems that all of this treasure was carried aboard the Luz &#039;unoficially&#039; with the hope of avoing duties upon entry into Spain at Cadiz. Corruption back then, like today unfortunately, is pretty much the scourge of Latin America. </p><p>(If you just consider the sheer amount of wealth which was taken from Latin&nbsp; America&nbsp; &#039;oficially&#039; by the Colonial powers, Spain and others, you have to wonder at the total amount of&nbsp; material AND cultural wealth which was plundered and destroyed in 4 centuries of colonization......)</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p><br /></p><p>Eduard&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>PS- the coin i showed with the marine deposits still clinging to it is the specimen i acquired at the Sothebys sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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