1783 MO MEXICO 8 REALES "EL CAZADOR SHIPWRECK" SALVAGED COIN

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1783-MO MEXICO EIGHT REALES COIN
1784 SHIPWRECK "EL CAZADOR" LOUISIANA
KM #106.2
CONTAINS 27.07 GRAMS OF .917 FINE SILVER (.798 OZ ASW)
38 MM IN DIAMETER
MEXICO (SPANISH COLONIAL EMPIRE)
SHIPWRECK TREASURE COINS OF THE SPANISH BRIGANTINE OF WAR "EL CAZADOR (THE HUNTER)"
OBV: "LAUREATE" DRAPED AND ARMORED BUST OF CARLOS III
REV: CROWNED AND PILLARED ARMS OF SPAIN
KM # 106.2
THE SPANISH COLONIAL EMPIRE OF CARLOS III WAS VAST, BUT ITS NORTH AMERICAN POSSESSIONS IN THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY WERE INUNDATED WITH NEXT TO WORTHLESS SPANISH PAPER CURRENCY AND ITS COLONIES WERE ON THE EDGE OF REVOLT
AFTER YEARS OF WAR, THE KING HOPED TO REVITALIZE THE ECONOMY IN THE COLONIES AND REDEEM THE DEVALUED PAPER CURRENCY WITH 450,000 PESOS WORTH OF MINTED SILVER COINS FROM MEXICO
IN 1784, THEY WERE LOADED ONTO THE SHIP "EL CAZADOR" WHICH SET SAIL FROM VERA CRUZ ENROUTE TO NEW ORLEANS. THE ILL-FATED SHIP NEVER REACHED ITS DESTINATION
AFTER THE LOSS OF THE TREASURE, SPAIN'S NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES CONTINUED TO DESTABILIZE, AND IN 1800, CHARLES IV OF SPAIN TRADED THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON
THREE YEARS LATER, NAPOLEON SOLD THE TERRITORY TO PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON FOR 15 MILLION DOLLARS
THE SIZE OF THE FLEDGLING REPUBLIC OF THE UNITED STATES DOUBLED AT THE STROKE OF A PEN AND ONE MILLION SQUARE MILES BECAME ITS MANIFEST DESTINY
THESE TREASURE COINS ARE A PART OF THAT HISTORY AND OF A TWIST OF FATE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
"EL CAZADOR" WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT IN 1993 AND THE WRECKSITE WAS SALVAGED
THE 8 REALES "SPANISH MILLED" COINS ARE CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE "AMERICA'S FIRST DOLLAR", AND ARE MADE EVEN MORE DESIRABLE BY THEIR LINK TO THE REMARKABLE TRUE HISTORY BEHIND THE TREASURE OF THE "EL CAZADOR"
CONTAINS 24.5-26.5 GRAMS OF .903 FINE SILVER (.7114-.7694 OZ ASW)
38 TO 38.5 MM IN DIAMETER
1776 - 1783 IN DATE
MEXICO CITY MINT
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