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Large copper ingot 132 from the Atocha (1622), 48 lb, encrusted as found.

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Large copper ingot 132 from the Atocha (1622), 48 lb, encrusted as found.
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Large copper ingot 132 from the Atocha (1622), 48 lb, encrusted as found. Roughly 14-1/2" x 9" x 4". Famous as it is for its massive cargo of silver bars, the Atocha was also carrying a significant amount of raw copper from Cuba, supposedly for making cannons and bells back in Spain. The typical copper ingot was roughly poured into an oval or wide rectangular "pig" of varying thickness, much like the original "splashes" of silver from the previous century. Most of these Atocha ingots are at least somewhat encrusted with coral, but this one has more white and green stuff than we have seen on any other example, in fact with almost no copper visible on the top (no markings would be present anyway), the rounded bottom comparatively bare and typically stamped with the Fisher number. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate 86A-C132 (water damaged).