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Large silver ingot #88 from Potosi, 80 lb 11.52 oz troy, Class Factor 0.8, with markings of manifest

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Large silver ingot #88 from Potosi, 80 lb 11.52 oz troy, Class Factor 0.8, with markings of manifest
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Large silver ingot #88 from Potosi, 80 lb 11.52 oz troy, Class Factor 0.8, with markings of manifest DCCCCL (950), fineness IIUCCCLXXX (2380/2400), owners/shippers, silvermaster and tax stamps, ex-Atocha (1622). 14" x 5" x 3-1/2". Very neat bar with bold owner/shipper monograms (one that looks like CEA and the other an ARL with diamond at top), also bold manifest and fineness above and below the typical double-scoop assayer's "bite" in center, V for silvermaster de Vreder in one corner, curious XVX monogram at one of the side edges, also with nearly complete circular tax stamp, good toning. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S88. Recovered from: Atocha, sunk in 1622 west of Key West, Florida