El Cazador Ship Wreck Mexico 8 Reales Coin 1783 w/Box

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El Cazador Ship Wreck Mexico 8 Reales Coin 1783 w/Box Album Album Album El Cazador - 8 Reales Coin - in Deluxe Wood Box Up for sale an 8 Reales silver coin recovered from the El Cazador Shipwreck , Silver Coin is dated 1783 . The coin is certified genuine � shipwreck � by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation ( NGC ) grading company and is enclosed in a sonically-sealed , protective acrylic slab . Coin is presented inside an handsome wood display case and complete with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by Hon. Jay W. Johnson , the 36th Director of the Unites States Mint and an informative reference 16-page booklet telling the historic story of the El Cazador shipwreck and its discovery . " ... Only a handful of times in the last 15 years has a major shipwreck been recovered . In 1784 a Spanish ship headed for Louisiana disappeared . Over 200 years later , El Cazador and its sunken treasure were found. The ship was named El Cazador, "The Hunter," a Spanish 'Brig of War' loaded with a vast treasury of freshly-minted silver and bound for the New World . We may never know what mysterious force sank her. But it is certain that her lost treasure holds the key to the birth of the nation we know today .The treasure finder was Jerry Murphy , 20 hours out from his home port of Pascagoula, Mississippi and captain of the boat , ' Mistake read more

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