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Large silver "splash" ingot, 2477 grams, marked with fineness IIU CCC L X (2360/2400) and two crowne

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Large silver  splash  ingot, 2477 grams, marked with fineness IIU CCC L X (2360/2400) and two crowne
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Large silver "splash" ingot, 2477 grams, marked with fineness IIU CCC L X (2360/2400) and two crowned-C tax stamps, ex-"Golden Fleece Wreck." Roughly 10-1/2" x 9" x 1/4". A massive pancake of silver, with several "knobs" of different sizes on top where the poured silver dripped as the ingot cooled, very bold full fineness marking near center and two COMPLETE circular tax stamps near edge, unevenly toned and with bends and stress-cracks, two inconspicuous assayer's "bites" chipped from edge. From the "Golden Fleece Wreck" (ca. 1550), with Sedwick certificate "O" from 2007. Recovered from: "Golden Fleece Wreck," sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean