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Large copper ingot, approx. 110 lb, from the Nuevo Constante (1766), rare, ex-Dave Simmons.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:800.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Large copper ingot, approx. 110 lb, from the Nuevo Constante (1766), rare, ex-Dave Simmons.
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Large copper ingot, approx. 110 lb, from the Nuevo Constante (1766), rare, ex-Dave Simmons. 17" in diameter and up to 3-1/2" thick. Much larger and rounder than the Atocha copper ingots from 144 years earlier but made the same way, this uncleaned piece has a remarkably smooth topside, pierced with small bubble holes here and there (one of which contains a modern drilled test-hole, in addition to another on the smooth part) and an attractively encrusted bottom (lots of green and brown color), but most important is its unique provenance, a Spanish merchant ship blown aground in a hurricane and non-commercially salvaged under the aegis of the State of Louisiana in the early 1980s. From the Nuevo Constante (1766) and pedigreed to the collection of Dave Simmons.