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Gold "half potato" ingot from the 1715 Fleet, marked "4o3", 59.32 troy oz, estimated fineness 20K.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Bullion Start Price:40,000.00 USD Estimated At:45,000.00 - 65,000.00 USD
Gold  half potato  ingot from the 1715 Fleet, marked  4o3 , 59.32 troy oz, estimated fineness 20K.
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Gold "half potato" ingot from the 1715 Fleet, marked "4o3", 59.32 troy oz, estimated fineness 20K. About 5-3/4" x 2-1/2" x 3/4". A virtual twin of one that sold in the US Customs sale in Tampa, Florida, in 2003, obviously made in the same bun-shaped mold and nearly exactly the same weight, and clearly marked with the same "4o3" (and nothing else) that refers to the weight in hundredth-libras, the libra being 460 grams, hence 59.6 oz (very close to actual in this case, the remaining 3/10 oz possibly lost due to oxidation of copper impurities in the sea?), a spartan but attractively tidy ingot with significant intrinsic value. From the 1715 Fleet, with certificate.