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Small silver ingot, 20 lb 3.48 oz troy, fineness 2380/2400, from the Atocha (1622).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:7,500.00 USD Estimated At:7,500.00 - 15,000.00 USD
Small silver ingot, 20 lb 3.48 oz troy, fineness 2380/2400, from the Atocha (1622).
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Small silver ingot, 20 lb 3.48 oz troy, fineness 2380/2400, from the Atocha (1622). 12-3/4" x 4-1/4" x 1-1/4". If the medium-sized ingots were useful, this small one is downright convenient, as it shows all the same markings as the bigger ones (manifest number IIUCCXLII [2241], fineness IIUCCCLXXX, tax stamps, silvermaster marks A and V, and tiny "bite" in center, all moderately corroded) but is a fraction of the size and weight, with the additional (but dubious) distinction of being among a small group of bars that were stolen by Mel's son before official certification (lacking the TSI number on the bottom). From the Atocha (1622), with court document from 1989 declining charges against Melvin Terry Fisher for theft of this bar from his father Mel Fisher.