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Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622),100 lb 2.3 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Bullion Start Price:19,000.00 USD Estimated At:21,000.00 - 26,000.00 USD
Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622),100 lb 2.3 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0.
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Large silver bar from the Atocha (1622),100 lb 2.3 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0. About 14" x 5-1/2" x 4-1/2". This is the heaviest bar we have ever offered (certainly one of the biggest from the ship) and also one of the best-marked, with bold manifest number IIIIUCXXXVII, fineness IIU C C C L X X X (2380 = 99.2% pure) with foundry mark to right, at least 7 clear tax stamps, and (best of all) date 1621 with Potosí initial to left, plus a D (for owner/shipper Delgado) and a V (for silvermaster de Vreder) at one end and a diagonal slash at the other (to show where to cut to take out the "avería" or shipping tax), interestingly lopsided in height and with the top part somewhat "overlapping" the top sides of the mold, typical (for Potosí bars anyway) "double-scoop" assayer's "bite" in center of top, a very impressive and intrinsically valuable ingot. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S300.