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Treasure Auction 23  15-16 May 2018
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Lot 238

Starting price: 14 000 USD
Price realized: 27 000 USD
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Half-cut of a gold "finger" bar, 439 grams, with two markings of fineness XVII (17K) inside box, from the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550). 4" x 1" x 5/8". Solid portion of a standard (neatly formed) ingot with both fineness markings full and clear on the rounded bottom, the flat top somewhat sunken in (as made) and partially coated with white and brownish encrustation, the cut end half chiseled and half broken with white encrustation impregnating the rough part, light yellow gold throughout. From the "Golden Fleece wreck" (ca. 1550). "Golden Fleece wreck," sunk ca. 1550 in the Northern Caribbean

Estimate: $17500-35000
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