1783 Spanish Shipwreck Treasure, Salvaged Silver 8 Reales El Cazador NGC

  

This offer is for one 1783 MO FF, Spanish Shipwreck Salvaged Large Silver 8 Reales Treasure coin. Minted in Mexico, this historical silver coin was directly salvaged from the famous shipwreck El Cazador, the Spanish Brigantine of War, in 1993 off the coast of New Orleans.

This coin was part of 450,000 pesos of newly minted silver coins that the then king Carlos III of Spain was sending from Mexico to Louisiana to support his failing paper currency. Louisiana was owned by Spain at that time.

This coin along with the rest of the treasure never made it and sank in 1784 forcing King Carlos IV to sell / trade Louisiana to France in 1800. This coin has been inspected and slabbed Genuine by NGC and is 100% Absolutely Guaranteed to be Authentic and Salvaged from the Shipwreck El Cazador. Please refer to the pictures for condition. Some pictures may appear slightly lighter or darker than actual coin due to the lighting. The picture showing the measurement with ruler shows numbers in MM / CM.

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