Treasure, World, U.S. Coin & Paper Money Auction 39

COLOMBIA, Cartagena, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer E below mintmark C to right, dots inside and outside tressure around cross, four fleurs in

COLOMBIA, Cartagena, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer E below mintmark C to left, dots inside and outside tressure, NGC MS 62, Restrepo Plate. E

COLOMBIA, Cartagena, gold cob 2 escudos, Philip IV, assayer E below mintmark C to right, dots inside and outside tressure around cross, NGC AU 53. ERA

Small gold nugget, 0.53 gram, NGC / SS Central America (California Gold Rush Nugget Label). Up to 7mm. Irregular natural "picker" nugget w...

Small gold nugget, 0.54 gram, NGC / SS Central America (California Gold Rush Nugget Label). Up to 8mm. Diamond-shaped "picker" nugget with...

Silver "tumbaga" bar M-153 (half-cut of a larger bar), uncleaned, 8.95 lb av, marked with fineness iV9 x (1510/2400), assayer B~Vo, and se...

Large silver ingot 43 from Oruro dated 1622, Class Factor 0.9, 86.2 lb troy, with markings of manifest IUC (1100), fineness IIUCCCLXXX (2380/2400), o

Small silver "splash" ingot, 119.5 grams, no markings (probably contraband), ex-Concepción (1641). About 2" in diameter and up t...

Medium-sized silver ingot, 164 troy oz, marked with fineness XXIII-I (XRF-tested at 95% fine) and owner/shipper diamond-topped R, ex-Maravillas (1656)

Poured silver "strap" broken into three pieces in its time, 128.32 grams total, about 98% fine, ex-1715 Fleet, ex-Rutherford, 1715 Fleet S...

Neatly formed Dutch silver ingot, 1964 grams, about 98.5% fine, with markings of VOC (Dutch East India Co.) monogram with A (Amsterdam) above and &q...

Neatly formed Dutch silver ingot, 1933 grams, about 98.5% fine, with markings of VOC (Dutch East India Co.) monogram with A (Amsterdam) above and &q...

Modern silver ingot, 10 troy ounces.999 fine, serial number SMI001363-00, made from silver recovered from the S.S. Gairsoppa shipwreck (sunk in 1941).

Small silver "plata corriente" piece with partial tax stamp from the early 1500s, 11.67 grams, about 91% fine, found in New Mexico ca. 198...

Small silver "plata corriente" cut piece with partial tax stamp from the early to mid-1500s, 10.96 grams, about 96% fine. Roughly 5/8"...

Small Chinese silver tael customs ingot, Wukao Dabing, ca. 19th century, 36.00 grams, about 95% fine. BMC Class LXXX; cf. Zhong Guo Li Shi Yin Ding, p

Large copper ingot with encrustation, 59 lb, ex-Atocha (1622), ex-Auerbach. 15" x 9" x 3". Unusually rectangular but still typically ...

FRANCE, gold ecu d'or a la chaise, Philip VI (1328-50), 1st emission (1337). Ciani-282; Dupl-249; Fr-270. 4.36 grams. Broad flan with full legen...

PORTUGAL, Lisbon, gold cruzado, Afonso V (1438-81), struck 1457-81, dot below cross, legends +CRV?ATVS:ALFONSVS:QUINTI:REG / +ADIVTORIUm:NOSTRVm:IN:NO

MEXICO, Mexico City, 4 reales, Charles-Joanna, "Late Series," assayer G to right, mintmark M to left (M-G), king's name as CHAROLVS. N...