1783-FF Mexico Silver 8 Reales El Cazador Shipwreck KM.106.2 - NGC Genuine Fr. 224 Prosperity seated with Commerce and

Prosperity seated with Commerce and Navigation at right

Here's an odd little duck of a coin

3 oz ASW Diameter 29

but muted luster

54g / 20mm / Silver

1783-FF Mexico Silver 8 Reales El Cazador Shipwreck KM.106.2 - NGC Genuine Fr. 224 Prosperity seated with Commerce andThe 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. The ship sailed to Veracruz, Mexico, where she was loaded with approximately 450,000 Spanish reales. KM# 106. 2 Denomination 8 Reales Country Mexico Government Spanish Colony Ruler Charles III Coinage Type Milled