 Because some of the recovered coins were minted in Lima, the Peruvian government also laid claim to the treasure.In 2008, Jose Jimenez, a senior official with the Spanish Ministry of Culture stated that Spain would be willing to share the treasure 'out of a sense of a common cultural heritage'.However, Peru, as well as the descendants of the merchants who shipped the coins as cargo aboard the "Mercedes", are contesting Spain's right to the treasure, along with Odyssey, in a pending court case.