EL CAZADOR SHIPWRECK 1783 MO FF 2R Mexico 2 Reales Silver Coin NGC Certified

MEXICO 2 REALES 1783MO FF EL CAZADOR SHIPWRECK NGC Certified Genuine Coin with Storycard & COA. COIN SHOWN IS THE COIN YOU WILL RECEIVE PLEASE VIEW PHOTOS. From Wikipedia: The El Cazador (meaning The Hunter in English) was a Spanish brig that sank in the Gulf of Mexico in 1784. On 20 October 1783 Charles III of Spain sent her on a mission to bring much-needed hard currency to the Spanish colony of Louisiana.

On 11 January 1784, she sailed for New Orleans, and was never heard from again. Then on 2 August 1993, the trawler Mistake, Captain Jerry Murphy and home port Pascagoula, Mississippi, was fishing in the Gulf of Mexico fifty miles south of New Orleans. As it fished, Mistake's net hung on a snag.

When the crew hoisted the net and dumped the contents on the deck, they found the net was filled with silver coins. The coins bore markings from the Spanish mint in Mexico, along with the date 1783.

In December 2004 the Executors of the Reahard estate hired Jonathan Lerner of Scarsdale Coin to appraise the coins. This appraisal was completed in February 2005. GREAT EXAMPLE OF AN AUTHENTIC SHIPWRECKED TREASURE COIN! GUARANTEED GENUINE Coin shown is the coin you will receive.

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