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Large silver bar #282 from the Atocha (1622), 78 lb 6.72 oz troy, fineness 2380/2400

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:20,000.00 USD Estimated At:20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD
Large silver bar #282 from the Atocha (1622), 78 lb 6.72 oz troy, fineness 2380/2400
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Large silver bar #282 from the Atocha (1622), 78 lb 6.72 oz troy, fineness 2380/2400, Class Factor 0.9, dated 1621, Potosi foundry, ex-Fay Feild. 13-3/4" long, 5" wide and about 3" tall. A rather well-marked bar, with clear fineness IIUCCCLXXX followed by the usual MEXIA assayer cartouche, date 1621 preceded by Po for Potosi, manifest IIUCCCLIX, four tax seals, plus marks for owner and silvermaster (among others), assayer's "bite" in center, somewhat pitted all over the top surface, which also has a deep pit (as made), now partially filled with encrustation. The pedigree links to Mel Fisher's brilliant engineer and magnetometry pioneer, Fay Feild. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S282, and pedigreed to the collection of Fay Feild.