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Medium-sized Potosi silver ingot 958 from the Atocha (1622), 57 lb 6.56 oz troy, Class Factor 0.8, m

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Medium-sized Potosi silver ingot 958 from the Atocha (1622), 57 lb 6.56 oz troy, Class Factor 0.8, m
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Medium-sized Potosi silver ingot 958 from the Atocha (1622), 57 lb 6.56 oz troy, Class Factor 0.8, marked with fineness IIUCCCLXXX (2380/2400, 99.16% fine), assayer MEXIA, manifest number XLV (45), silvermaster V, tax stamps and serial-mark A. 14" x 4-7/8" x 2-1/2" Desirably atypical size (not a tall loaf but far from a thin barreton) with most of the usual markings on top (lightly corroded), including bold, short, incuse XLV for the manifest number near top and long fineness in eight boxes to left of weak but certain Mexia assayer cartouche near bottom, the latter also with a series of odd slash marks to right, plus one nearly complete circular tax stamp near left end (in addition to two smaller partials) and a V for silvermaster de Vreder at the right end. In the middle, to the left of the usual double-scoop assayer's "bite," is a bold stamp A for an unidentified series of bars that lack either owner/shipper marks or a diagonal slash for the averia (shipping tax), possibly indicative of the church or the crown as owner. From the Atocha (1622) with Fisher photo-certificate 85A-S958.