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Gold "Golden Fleece wreck," sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean Long, flat bar #46, 17¼K, cut at

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:34,650.00 CAD Estimated At:38,500.00 - 57,500.00 CAD
Gold Golden Fleece wreck, sunk ca. 1550 in the northern Caribbean Long, flat bar #46, 17¼K, cut at
While most people refer to these ingots as "finger" bars, to distinguish them from rectangular bricks that most people associate with ingots, this particular piece is hardly finger-like at all, as it is broad and flat and long. It bears fineness markings XVII• in three places, mostly covered with white, wormy coral but also with some rusty orange sediment, otherwise bright, lustrous gold, very straight and even, one end round but the other end broken (not chiseled at all), with coral in the crevices. 1039 grams, 8¼" x 1¼" x ½".
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