Watch List notes:

Large silver ingot #372 made in Potosi, 81 lb 11.04 oz troy, Class Factor 1.0, marked with fineness IIUCCCLXXX (2380/2400, 99.17% fine), manifest number IUCCCC (1400), assayer MEXIA, tax stamps and owner/shipper marks, ex-Atocha (1622). 14" x 5-1/2" x 3-1/2". Boldy marked bar with both large owner/shipper marks (one at each end) apparently partially erased by hammering, one of them also covered by a heavy diagonal slash and partially covering a faint date cartouche showing the bottom of 62 only, the fineness and MEXIA assayer cartouche quite clear below the double-scoop assayer's "bite," three circular tax stamps, small V for silvermaster de Vreder near one corner, bold and succinct manifest number near center, only minimal surface corrosion. From the Atocha (1622), with original Fisher photo-certificate #85A-S372, plus booklet The Treasure of 1622, hand-inscribed by Mel Fisher on the title page "Hang in there, Stephen, Mel Fisher" and by Kane Fisher on page 9 "To Steve, May you find your own Treasure in Life! Capt Kane Fisher."
($35000-70000)