^Lot 68 Small silver "splash" ingot, 119.5 grams, no markings (probably contraband), ex-Concepción (1641).

Small silver "splash" ingot, 119.5 grams, no markings (probably contraband), ex-Concepción (1641). About 2" in diameter and up to ¼" thick. Dark disk with smooth top but the bottom loaded with gas bubbles and pits, some filled with white encrustation (as found), no markings but surely traded around in its time as the equivalent of four and a half 8 reales, XRF-tested at around 84%-92% silver with 4% platinum and 4%-11% lead. From the Concepción (1641), with Sedwick photo-certificate from 2019.