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Large silver bar #718, Class Factor 1.0, 88 lb 4.48 oz troy.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:25,000.00 USD Estimated At:40,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
Large silver bar #718, Class Factor 1.0, 88 lb 4.48 oz troy.
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This item SOLD at 2011 May 19 @ 13:57UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Melt Value (April 21, 2011) with silver at $46 is about: $45,000

Large silver bar #718, Class Factor 1.0, 88 lb 4.48 oz troy. 14" x 5-1/4" x 3-1/2". Choice specimen with bold, clear markings, including manifest number DLXXXIIII, fineness IIUCLXXX (2380/2400), foundry/date oP1622, diamond-topped AR monogram "sigla" for owner Arriola, silvermaster's mark V (de Vreder), tax stamps and (best of all) assayer mark IVo.SSE. / MEXIA for Juan Sanchez Mexia (as deciphered by Jorge Proctor in the 1st quarter, 2010, issue of PLVS VLTRA newsletter), plus the usual "double scoop" assayer's "bite" in the middle, no corrosion, nicely toned, with small pieces of encrustation and what look like contemporaneous plugs on one side. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate #718.