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Large "tumbaga" silver disc #M-96, 18.03 lb.

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Large  tumbaga  silver disc #M-96, 18.03 lb.
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Large "tumbaga" silver disc #M-96, 18.03 lb. 8" in diameter and 2" thick in the middle. Massive hemisphere of silver with nearly full tax stamp and part of another next to bold fineness marking IULXVI (1066) below assayer MS (a relatively scarce mark on these bars) on the rounded side, the flat side a wonderful terrain of bubble holes and ripples, no sign of an assayer's bite anywhere. Recovered from: "Tumbaga wreck," sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island