El Cazador 4 Reales, 1783 Mo-FF — NGC Shipwreck Certified

• Catalogue number: DTR-EC4R-001
• Denomination: 4 Reales
• Mint: Mexico City (Mo)
• Assayer: FF
• Monarch: Charles III
• Date: 1783
• Certification: NGC Genuine · Shipwreck Effect
• Wreck: El Cazador (1784), Gulf of Mexico
• Papers: NGC holder with El Cazador attribution on the label

A scarcer 4 reales denomination recovered from El Cazador, the Spanish brig lost in 1784 while carrying silver meant to shore up the colonial economy of Louisiana. Struck at the Mexico City mint in 1783, assayer FF, under Charles III.NGC Genuine, Shipwreck Effect — sealed in its NGC holder with the El Cazador attribution printed on the label. Surfaces show the matte, sea-etched texture typical of certified Cazador silver, with the portrait and shield both clearly readable.Ships FedEx, fully insured, signature required.

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El Cazador sailed from Veracruz in January 1784 carrying silver meant to stabilise Spanish Louisiana. She never arrived, and within months Spain's grip on the territory began to slip — the chain of events that ends with the Louisiana Purchase. The 4 reales is the scarcer denomination in this wreck's certified material: half the silver of a piece of eight, a fraction of the surviving population. Sealed by NGC with the wreck named on the label.