Silver “Golden Fleece wreck,” sunk in 1550 in the northern Caribbean
503. Small silver “splash” ingot #H, 476 grams, with crowned-C tax stamp and fineness IIU CCC L (2350/ 2400, 97.9% fine). About 4-3/4" to 5" in diameter. Typically very thin, oval in shape and with several small, raised blobs on top surface, which features full fineness and tax stamps, prominent right-angle cut from edge for assayer’s “bite,” not too much corrosion. From the “Golden Fleece wreck” (ca. 1550), with Sedwick certificate from 2008. Estimate: $600-$900.
Unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo
504. Large silver “splash” ingot with partial tax stamp, 3164 grams. About 10" in diameter. Broad, flat, roundish ingot with typical “drip blobs” on top surface that also bears a small, circular tax stamp (unreadable) and much toning, light corrosion overall, some encrustation on bottom, impressive size for a “splash.” From an unidentified ca.-1554 wreck off Santo Domingo. Estimate: $3,000-$4,500.
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