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200t is more than many country gold reserves https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gold-reserves-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/count

• kingcharles 4y ago
  At the time it must have represented a sizeable proportion of the world's gold. There was significantly less gold mined in the early 18th century when this vessel was sunk.
• xref 4y ago
  200t is “gold, silver, and emeralds”
  • bogota 4y ago
    From the article it’s believed a large portion of the 200t is gold. In the 150t range.
    • dotancohen 4y ago
      > In the 150t range. For context, that's more than the Saturn V payload to orbit. The Galleon San José must have been the Saturn V of its time, literally traveling to what was to Europeans a strange new world.
• JoBrad 4y ago
  Side rant: What a crappy color scheme.