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Lot of gold flakes from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 1.8 grams.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Bullion Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 500.00 USD
Lot of gold flakes from the  Tumbaga wreck  (ca. 1528), 1.8 grams.
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Lot of gold flakes from the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528), 1.8 grams. These are all thin, hammered strips of gold, presumably the parts of Aztec gold that were not melted down into ingots, and as such they are fabulously rare and important artifacts, numbering here in the dozens (all that were found), ranging in size from tiny specks to 0.3-gram balls (rolled up), many with heavy green patina due to copper in the alloy. From the "Tumbaga wreck" (ca. 1528).