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Gold "oro corriente" cut piece of a small, round disk with circular tax stamps

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:4,800.00 USD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD
Gold  oro corriente  cut piece of a small, round disk with circular tax stamps
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Gold "oro corriente" cut piece of a small, round disk with two partial circular tax stamps for Charles I of Spain, 80.92 grams. Approx. 2-1/2" x 3/4" x 1/4". Tangentially broken-off piece of a flat disk with smooth top and bottom, the top with two tax stamps, one of which shows a clear (C )ARO(LVS), with dark encrustation in the crevices of the broken edge, hairline crack at 90 degree to the break, impressive size for "oro corriente" (worth exactly three 8 escudos in its time).