Watch List notes:

Neatly formed silver ingot, 1955 grams, about 98.5% fine, with stamps of the Zeeland chamber of the VOC (Dutch East India Co.), from the Slot ter Hooge (1724). 5-1/2" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/2". Solid and uncorroded, also nicely toned, with two small markings (VOC and rose-in-circle) in center of one side, one end heavily cut for adjustment and with deep, narrow pit in center, cast as two trapezoidal ingots melded together on their wider sides. From the Slot ter Hooge (1724), with original certificate from the salvager (Robert Stenuit). Slot ter Hooge, sunk in 1724 off Porto Santo, Madeira Islands, northwest of Africa

Estimate: $3000-4500