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Lot of small cut pieces of silver ingots ("plata corriente") from the "tumbaga" wreck (ca. 1528).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Bullion Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
Lot of small cut pieces of silver ingots ( plata corriente ) from the  tumbaga  wreck (ca. 1528).
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Lot of small cut pieces of silver ingots ("plata corriente") from the "tumbaga" wreck (ca. 1528). 23.4 grams. Five small pieces ranging in size from 1.9 grams to 9.7 grams each. These small cut pieces of dark, mixed-purity silver (now more or less coral-encrusted) are the first of these items we have ever seen from this popular wreck, and in fact they are unexpected since the "tumbaga" bars were mostly well-formed ingots and not the thin "splashes" from which these cut pieces must have originated. Small pieces such as these are known to have circulated in the colonial areas as erstwhile coins, and in fact there is much documentation about the illegality of these unmarked, untaxed "coins" and their subsequent acceptance and eventual replacement and eradication. They are very rare items today. From the "tumbaga" wreck (ca. 1528).