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Silver "wedge" ingot marked with V or monogram thereof, 1160 grams, ex-1715 Fleet.

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Silver  wedge  ingot marked with V or monogram thereof, 1160 grams, ex-1715 Fleet.
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Silver "wedge" ingot marked with V or monogram thereof, 1160 grams, ex-1715 Fleet. 1154 grams. Roughly 4" x 3½" x 2". Wedge-shaped ingots like this are known from the 1715 Fleet and other wrecks as contraband, supposedly placed together like slices of a pie in false bottoms of barrels to avoid tax. This example is somewhat crude, with curious pits and encrustation (as uncleaned, still dark) but atypically marked on top with a V (or monogram including a V) to indicate its secret owner, the bottom bearing two small holes where we believe this ingot rested on small posts for display in some bygone museum. From the 1715 Fleet, with 1990s-era generic certificate.