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沈没船から銀貨発見　６００億円の価値？　大西洋　世界最大級の発見か
5月19日15時36分配信産経新聞
【ニューヨーク＝長戸雅子】米フロリダ州の沈没船探査会社

「オデッセイ・マリン・エクスプロレーション」

は

１８日、

大西洋に沈んだ船から銀貨５０万枚以上などを発見したと発表した。

ＡＰ通信によると、

５億ドル

（約６００億円）

の

価値があると見積もられており、

この種の発見としては世界最大級となる可能性がある。

沈没船は

米国が

英国の

植民地だったころ

の

ものとみられ、

希少貨幣の専門家はＡＰ通信に対し、

「その時代のものとして空前の規模だ。

これに比較、匹敵しうるケースは思い浮かばない」と話している。

安全上の理由

など

からオデッセイ社は沈没船や発見場所の詳細は公表していないが、いずれの国の領海にも属していないという。

一方、裁判所に提出された記録から銀貨は

４００年前の英国のものとみられ、金貨も含まれているもよう。

同社はこの沈没船の

コードネームを

「ブラックスワン」

と命名した。

同社は過去に複数回、高性能の潜水艇などを使って沈没船の発見に成功。

２００３年には、

南北戦争終了直後に金貨や食料品、衣料品などを積み、ニューヨークからニューオーリンズに向かう途中でハリケーンに遭遇して沈んだ「リパブリック号」を引き揚げている。

過去最大級とされているのは、トレジャー・ハンターのさきがけとされる米国人のメル・フィッシャー氏が１９８５年にフロリダ沖で発見した１７世紀のスペイン船の引き揚げで、４億５０００万ドルの価値があったとされている。
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_re_us/treasure_ship_28

Shipwreck yields estimated $500M haul By MITCH STACY, Associated Press Writer
Sat May 19, 1:32 AM ET
TAMPA, Fla. - Deep-sea explorers said Friday they have hauled up what could be the richest sunken treasure ever discovered: hundreds of thousands of colonial-era silver and gold coins worth an estimated $500 million from a shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean.

A chartered cargo jet recently landed in the United States to unload hundreds of plastic containers packed with the 500,000 coins, which are expected to fetch an average of $1,000 each from collectors and investors.

For

this

colonial

era,

I think (the find) is unprecedented,

said rare coin expert Nick Bruyer,

who was contracted by Tampa-based

Odyssey Marine Exploration

to examine a batch of coins

from the wreck.

I dont know of anything equal or comparable to it.

Citing

security ♪

concerns,

the company declined to release any details about the ship or the wreck site.

Company co-founder Greg Stemm said a formal announcement will come later,

but court records indicate the coins

might have come from

the wreck

of a 17th century merchant ship found off southwestern England.

Because the shipwreck was

found in an

area

where many

colonial-era

vessels went down,

the company is still uncertain about its nationality, size and age, Stemm said,

although evidence points to a specific known shipwreck.

The site is beyond the territorial waters or legal jurisdiction of any country,

he said.

Rather than a shout of glee, its more being able to exhale for the first time in a long time,

Stemm said of the haul,

by far the biggest in Odysseys 13-year history.

He would not say

if the loot was taken from the same wreck site near the English Channel

that Odyssey recently petitioned a federal court for permission to salvage.

In seeking exclusive rights to that site,

an Odyssey attorney told a federal judge last fall

that the company likely had found the remains of

a

17th-century merchant vessel

that sank with valuable cargo aboard,

about 40 miles off the southwestern tip of England.

A judge granted those rights Wednesday.

In keeping with the secretive nature of the project

dubbed

Black Swan,

Odyssey also is not discussing details of the coins,

such as their type,

denomination or country of origin.

Bruyer said

he observed a wide variety of coins

that probably were never circulated.

He said

the currency was in much better condition than artifacts yielded

by most shipwrecks of a similar age.

The coins — mostly silver pieces — could fetch several hundred to several thousand dollars each,

with some possibly commanding much more,

he said.

Value is determined by rarity, condition and the story behind them.

Other experts said

the condition and value of the coins could vary

so much

that the price estimate was little more than an educated guess.

Its absolutely impossible

to accurately determine the value without knowing

the contents
and

the condition

of the retrieved coins.

Its like trying to appraise a house or a car over the phone,

said Donn Pearlman,

a rare coin expert and spokesman for the Professional Numismatists Guild.

Experts said

that

controlled release of the coins into the market along with aggressive marketing

should keep prices at a premium.

The richest-ever shipwreck haul was yielded

by the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha,

which sank in a hurricane off the Florida Keys

in 1622.

Treasure-hunting pioneer Mel Fisher found it in 1985,

retrieving a reported $400 million in coins and other loot.

Odyssey likely will return to the same spot for more coins and artifacts.

We have treated this site with kid gloves and the archaeological work done

by our team out

there is unsurpassed,

Odyssey CEO John Morris said.

We are thoroughly documenting and recording the site,

which we believe

will have immense historical significance.

Odyssey stock shot up 80.9 percent Friday, closing at $8.32.

The company salvaged more than 50,000 coins and other artifacts from the wreck of the SS Republic off Savannah, Ga., in 2003, making millions.

But Odyssey posted losses in 2005 and 2006 while using its state-of-the-art ships and deep-water robotic equipment to hunt for the next mother lode.

The outside world now understands

that

what we do is a real business and is repeatable and not just a lucky one-shot deal,

Stemm said.

In January, Odyssey won permission from the Spanish government to resume a suspended search for the wreck of the HMS Sussex,

which was leading a British fleet into the Mediterranean Sea

for a war

against France

in 1694

when it sank in a storm off Gibraltar.

Historians believe the 157-foot warship was carrying nine tons of gold coins

to buy the loyalty of the Duke of Savoy,

a potential ally in southeastern France.

Odyssey believes those coins could also fetch more than $500 million.

But under the terms of an agreement,

Odyssey will have to share any finds with the British government.

The company will get 80 percent of the first $45 million and about 50 percent of the proceeds thereafter.

Odyssey also is seeking

exclusive rights

to

what is believed to be

an Italian-registered passenger vessel

that sank

during

World War I

in the Mediterranean Sea east of Sardinia,

and to another discovered in the Mediterranean about 100 miles west of Gibraltar.
On the Net:
Odyssey Marine Exploration: http://www.shipwreck.net/
Numismatic News: http://www.numismaticnews.net
Professional Numismatists Guild: http://www.pngdealers.com
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