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Silver Tumbaga wreck, sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island Bar #M-143, 1430/2400 fine, two tax stam

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - World Start Price:5,400.00 CAD Estimated At:6,000.00 - 9,000.00 CAD
Silver Tumbaga wreck, sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island Bar #M-143, 1430/2400 fine, two tax stam
A large and very neatly formed rectangular ingot with very clear RC, B~Vo, and fineness IVCCCCXXX, the tax stamps small but certain, the texture of the marked side like the surface of a basketball, the other side striated and a little bubbly as made. 15.62 lb (av.), 11.5 x 28 x 3 cm. With Sedwick photo-certificate M-143 and Armstrong book Tumbaga Silver for Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.