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1508. Large stone cannonball from the 1588 Spanish Armada found by commercial fishermen off the coast of Dover,
England. 8 lb 12 oz, 5-1/2” in diameter. Big sphere of chalky white rock, smooth except for a few pits and dents, deceivingly light for its size.
With photo-certificate. Estimate: $400-$600.

1509. Stone cannonball from a 1588 Spanish Armada site off the Netherlands. 4 lb 2 oz, 4-1/2” in diameter. Typically very light
for its size, with somewhat cratered surface but no cracks or voids, fine encrustation all over. With letter from the son of the finder. Estimate:
$350-$500.

1510. Bronze cannonball with iron core, probably Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), rare. 12 lb, 4” in diameter. Medium-sized
ball with smooth and brassy surfaces (various scrapes and nicks from use and storage), no cracks or splits to show the iron core but noticeably
heavier than it looks. Estimate: $500-$750.

1511. Small bronze cannonball found off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, Spanish colonial (1600s-1700s), rare. 3 lb 7 oz, 3”
in diameter. A rare composition and rare size, probably with an iron core but no visible evidence of that, about half the surface with green color
and the rest a light brown. With photo-certificate. Estimate: $300-$450.

1512. Small iron cannonball (“1-1/4 pounder”) for an “amusette” cannon, marked by finder with “CP” as from Crown
Point, New York, French and Indian War-era (ca. 1759). 1 lb 1 oz, 2” in diameter. Solid and stable, with rusty brown color all over but
not too much surface corrosion, smaller than the usual size found on land, the type of cannon that fired it known as an “amusette” and far
more effective than the usual three-pounder. (For further information on this small cannon type, refer to the internet site of the Hesse Kassel
Jaeger Korps, Amusettes as 18th Century Artillery with the Jaegers and other Light Infantry.) Estimate: $100-$150.

1513. Medium iron cannonball (“12-pounder”) from Fort Ticonderoga, New York, with British Naval broad arrow mark
(rare), American Revolutionary War (ca. 1777). 11 lb 7 oz, 4” in diameter. Very solid ball with minor surface pitting, very bold broad
arrow mark, which is somewhat rare on ordnance like this because its application bore extra cost that was not always approved or justified.
Estimate: $600-$900.

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