Getting the extra item from the dungeon is OK, kinda decent, and nicer during events but still not worth it.

in bullion if so be the Infante Cardinal lose not upon it Flanders for want of money to pay the soldiers.1) Repair gear with Gold (ONLY REAL BENEFIT)Ģ) Get extra item from heros in dungeons (minor benefit)Īs I see it you really only pay 10 bucks a month so you gear isn't constantly being destroyed when your heros go into the dungeons and your runed up legendaries are safe. The merchants of Antwerp will be the greatest losers, for she had in her belonging to them 300,000l. In the State Papers of King Charles I, it states ‘I suppose you have understood of the loss of the Royal Merchant coming into our road, which is the greatest that was ever sustained in one ship, being worth 400,000l.

Conversely, if 100,000 pounds was the monetary value then it would be worth in the region of £35 million. The same again in jewels and whatever is meant by ‘ready bullion’ doubles that to somewhere approaching £5 billion. If the 100,000 pounds of gold was the weight and not the monetary value, then at late 2022 prices of around £1,500 per ounce, 100,000lb would be worth in the region of £2.4 billion.

A contemporary pamphlet said the ship went down with ‘300000 in ready boliogne’ (bullion) and ‘100,000 pound in gold and as much value in jewels’. Sources have put the value of the sunken treasure as high as £20 billion and as low as £250 million. However, there’s no definitive account of her cargo at the time.

The Spanish loot alone included silver bars, gold bullion and Spanish dollars. Whilst it is often called the “British gold ship” or “Land’s End gold ship”, the Royal Merchant’s cargo contained much besides.

Free for apple instal Royal Merchant