“Unbelievably Rare” Golden Fleece Shipwreck Silver Splash Disc Ingot ca. 1550

Description

The Pirate shipwreck, Golden Fleece was nicknamed for a royal stamping (“Golden Fleece”) on several of the ingots it yielded. The silver ingots from this wreck, popularly known as “splashes,” were simply poured onto the ground, leaving a round, flat mound of silver that was subsequently stamped with a tax stamp (in the form of a crowned C for King Charles I) and/or a fineness in the usual block Roman numerals in parts per 2400, much like the karat system we use today. Many of the ingots from this wreck were cut into two or more parts, presumably to divide into separate accounts. King Charles I was credited for reviving the medieval Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain. The "Golden Fleece wreck" ingots are the only known examples made in the colonies between the "tumbaga" period of the 1520s and the specimens found on the 1554 Fleet at Padre Island, Texas. Silver splash discs are among the most important ingots to come to the New World.
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Weight: 1,718 grams (3.78 lbs)
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