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Large silver ingot, 76 troy pounds, fineness 2360/2400, dated (165)2), from the Maravillas (1656).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:25,000.00 USD Estimated At:25,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
Large silver ingot, 76 troy pounds, fineness 2360/2400, dated (165)2), from the Maravillas (1656).
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Huge "loaf" of silver with bold markings of manifest number IIUCCCXII (2312) next to date-cartouche (165)2, fineness IIUCCCLX with weight XID XXIIG (11 dineros, 22 granos) next to that and assayer cartouche to the other side, owner/shipper marks (monograms) TA and *AS, large scoop-style assayer's "bite" in center plus cylindrical one on the edge (which means this was an Oruro bar that was re-assayed in Potosi) next to a silvermaster mark M, various other cartouches at other end, with light corrosion only and with interesting encrustation on all but the top side (also an interesting void in one side, probably where embedded charcoal burned away), very impressive and important as one of very few large ingots ever offered from this wreck