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Silver

“Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island

255. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-16, 5 lb 6-1/4 oz av., marked with serial RC, assayer B~Vo and fineness (IU)9CCCC L x x
(1970/2400 = 82% fine), from the “Tumbaga wreck” (ca. 1528). 7” x 3” x 7/8”. A neatly cast and attractive “flat brick” with small cluster
of markings all in one area including a partial circular tax stamp that shows the all-important (C )AR(OLVS), light silver color with toning in
markings, diagonal assayer’s “bite” in one corner. From the “Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

256. Silver “tumbaga” bar #M-38, 5 lb 2-1/2 oz av., marked with partial fineness and assayer B~Vo, from the “Tumbaga
wreck” (ca. 1528). 6-3/4” x 3” x 1”. Typical “flat brick” but atypical in bearing the marks on its rounder “bottom” (as cast), that surface pitted
from corrosion but still with clear assayer but any tax stamps no longer visible, nicely toned all over, crude assayer’s “bite” in one corner. From
the “Tumbaga wreck,” sunk ca. 1528 off Grand Bahama Island, with Sedwick photo-certificate. Estimate: $4,000-$6,000.

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