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Large silver bar #563 from Oruro, 93 lb 3.36 oz troy, Class Factor 0.7, with markings of manifest CC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck Ingots Start Price:15,000.00 USD Estimated At:20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD
Large silver bar #563 from Oruro, 93 lb 3.36 oz troy, Class Factor 0.7, with markings of manifest CC
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Large silver bar #563 from Oruro, 93 lb 3.36 oz troy, Class Factor 0.7, with markings of manifest CCCLXXX (380) and fineness IIUCCCLXXX (2380/2400) followed by cartouche of assayer, one owner/shipper mark and two tax stamps, from the Atocha (1622). 16-1/4" x 5" x 3-1/4". Particularly long and heavy specimen with pitted surface from corrosion but with still-bold markings of manifest and fineness and owner/shipper (Delgado and Arias) as well as silversmith V and diagonal slash at other end, with "RA" cartouche before and illegible assayer cartouche after the fineness, plus two smaller-than-usual tax stamps visible but corroded, also an unusual example in that the assayer's "bite" consists of a light shaving of the top of one end above a cylindrical scrape down that side. From the Atocha (1622), with Fisher photo-certificate.