El Cazador 2 Reales, 1783 — NGC Shipwreck Certified

• Catalogue number: DTR-00044
• Denomination: 2 Reales
• Mint: Mexico City (Mo-FF)
• Assayer: FF
• Monarch: Charles III
• Date: Dated 1783
• Certification: NGC Genuine, Shipwreck · cert 3636550-089
• Wreck: El Cazador (1784), Gulf of Mexico
• Papers: NGC slab with wreck attribution

Authentic 2 Reales silver coin recovered from the El Cazador, a Spanish brig lost in 1784 en route from Veracruz to New Orleans. Struck at the Mexico City Mint in 1783 under Charles III. NGC Shipwreck Certified Genuine (cert #3636550-089). Professionally slabbed and ready for display or collection. Registered on TreasureCheck.ai for permanent digital provenance verification.

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Silver from the ship that changed the map: when El Cazador vanished in 1784 with the payroll meant to prop up Spanish Louisiana, the colony's fate — and eventually the Louisiana Purchase — followed. NGC-certified with the wreck on the label. Small coin, continental consequences.