Featured in this lot is this RARE El Cazador wreckage recovery coins circa 1783. There are two coins in this collection both are were found from the wreckage of the El Cazador, a Spanish brigantine of war. in 1784 the vessel disappeared into the winter sea without a trace carrying 450,000 pesos of minted silver coins sent by Carlos III to redeem the nearly worthless Spanish paper currency in circulation in Spanish-owned Louisiana. This loss changed the fate of the United States and Louisiana forever. These coins come complete with two separate copies of the Certificate of Authenticity. The condition of these coins vary from one to the other the one is mainly whole with some fading to the back of the coin, and the second coin shows major patina and corrosion to both sides of the coin. The measurements of these coins are 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" and 1 7/8" x 1 7/8". The collective weight of these coins are 37.9g.