Lot 1371
1550 Golden Fleece Silver Ingot. This piece comes from the famous "Golden Fleece" wreck of 1550 in the northern Caribbean. More typical silver ingots from this wreck, these were crudely manufactured by splashing molten silver into the bare ground.
What is significant about this particular "splash" is that it was probably poured twice, as the bottom has a thinner and smaller diameter "panckae" of silver attached to the primary ingot above it. This round ingot was then cut in half, which is not uncommon and stamped: IIU CCCLX. When translated it means it was 2,360/2,400 purity or 98.3 percent fine. The splash ingot is 3 1/2" in radius and 5/8" thick in its center, and weighs 1,430 grams.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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