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Small silver "plata corriente" piece cut from a "splash" ingot with partial tax stamp, 28.58 grams,

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 750.00 USD
Small silver  plata corriente  piece cut from a  splash  ingot with partial tax stamp, 28.58 grams,
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Small silver "plata corriente" piece cut from a "splash" ingot with partial tax stamp, 28.58 grams, ex-Ponte. roughly 1-1/8" x 7/8". An edge-piece with tapered side, the broken edges thick and rough and harboring brown sediment, with clear partial tax stamp showing (H)ISPAN, clearly worn as no doubt circulated in its time (1500s) as an 8 reales. Pedigreed to the Luis R. Ponte Collection and Sedwick Auction 18, with original lot-tag 242.