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Lot of 12 lead-covered iron grapeshot, Spanish colonial (1500s).

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Non-wreck Start Price:80.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Lot of 12 lead-covered iron grapeshot, Spanish colonial (1500s).
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Lot of 12 lead-covered iron grapeshot, Spanish colonial (1500s). 3265 grams total, each about 1-1/2" in diameter. So you have a bunch of iron balls to shoot, but they rust and fall apart before you see any action--what do you do? Cover them in lead! At least that was the strategy in (mostly Pacific coast) Spanish America, whence these examples come, some of them with splits but most of them intact, with distinct seams from casting, dusty gray in color. With wooden triangle for display.