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Silver "tumbaga" bar #C-280, 2887 grams, uncleaned.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:3,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Silver  tumbaga  bar #C-280, 2887 grams, uncleaned.
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Silver "tumbaga" bar #C-280, 2887 grams, uncleaned. 10" x 3" x 5/8". One of very few still-uncleaned examples, this flat, rectangular, neatly-formed ingot is also rare as one of very few that were assayed twice, with fineness IV@LXXX (1580/2400 = 66% pure) from first assay and IV9CLXXX (1680/2400 = 70% pure) from second assay, the latter with "R-code" RLXXX and owner(?) BVo above the fineness, one large assayer's "bite" in corner and a couple others much smaller, two tax stamps (quintos), all of the markings on the top of the bar, with dark surfaces sprinkled with green patina, rusty encrustation and black Sharpie marker from the original salvage. From the "Tumbaga wreck," sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island, pedigreed to the original Christie's auction of 1993 (lot #280), and plated in our new book The "Tumbaga" Saga (see lot #2789).


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