Watch List notes:

Neatly formed silver ingot, 1951 grams, about 98.5% fine, with stamps of the Zeeland chamber of the VOC (Dutch East India Co.), cast in parallel to bar width, ex-Slot ter Hooge (1724). 6" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/8". Typically tightly-cast Dutch bar with bold (deep) markings of a rose and a VOC monogram with Z above and M below, diagonal assayer's "bite" in one corner and usual plug at one end (almost flush with the side, which is not the norm), light surface corrosion and nice toning. From the Slot ter Hooge (1724), with copy of National Geographic issue of August 1975 with article about the wreck and its salvage.
($3500-5000)