Sunken treasure finally arrives in Spain

Updated 1654 GMT (0054 HKT) February 25, 2012

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Sunken treasure finally arrives in Spain – The treasure will be turned over to Spain's paramilitary Civil Guard for safekeeping.

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Sunken treasure finally arrives in Spain – Spain says its navy warship Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes was carrying the coins.

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Sunken treasure finally arrives in Spain – The coins came from Latin America when Peru was a Spanish colony.

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Sunken treasure finally arrives in Spain – The treasure includes fabled "pieces of eight," some minted in 1803 in Lima, Peru, Spanish officials say.

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