MiddenMonster
Bronze Member
There is seriously a lot to unpack in this article, so it is definitely worth a read. But to borrow a line from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, "Forensics be jammin' a brother up." The ship sunk in 1746, and the ingots were recovered in the mid-1970's. They appeared on Antiques Roadshow in 1999, and a photograph shown by the woman who brought the ingots blew the case wide open. It still took a couple of decades after that, but the ingots were recovered in a raid in 2018 in San Francisco. And of course there was the obligatory ownership dispute, with China getting involved and making their claim to them. But for whatever reason, France didn't surrender and ended up with the loot. No pics, but this is an excellent read and loaded with information:
Five Gold Ingots From China, Looted From an 18th Century French Shipwreck, Returned to French Government Via SF
Five Gold Ingots From China, Looted From an 18th Century French Shipwreck, Returned to French Government Via SF