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Medium silver bar #921 from the Atocha (1622), 34 lb 11 oz troy, dated 1621, fineness 2300+/2400, Cl

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Medium silver bar #921 from the Atocha (1622), 34 lb 11 oz troy, dated 1621, fineness 2300+/2400, Cl
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Medium silver bar #921 from the Atocha (1622), 34 lb 11 oz troy, dated 1621, fineness 2300+/2400, Class Factor unknown, Potosi foundry. 13" long, 4-1/4" wide and about 2" tall. One of very few bars with markings on both sides, the usually-marked (flat) side very rough but with silversmith mark (B) and others (including a diagonal slash), the rounded side with manifest IIUCCXLIX, fineness IIUCCC (with other undecipherable letters following), date 1621 (weak), a couple tax seals and two more silversmith marks (B), small assayer's "bite" in center, quite interesting and more manageable in size than the typical loaves. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #S921.