8 reales from cazador shipwreck

Hey everyone

I have been looking through eBay for some colonial coins and notice a lot of 8 reales coins that date to the late 1700s from the cazador shipwreck. Are these coins worth purchasing? I've seen them range from $50-$300 depending on the quality. Any advice on purchasing these coins is much appreciated.

Thanks Larry

 

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Hello Larry, I have some 8 Reales at my Personal Collection, yes they are High Valuable, in VF - XF and AU Condition... I have one in AU Cond and other in XF, edited anything let me know to show them to you.

In 1 hour maybe i can post them here

 

Sounds good ill be watching. Are they officially graded? Where are you located?

 

You guys might want to take it to PM if you're buying/selling (I think it's a forum rule). Just trying to help so the mods/doug doesn't lock ya out

 

Yes true thank you. I am Still interested on any info on this coin and what I should look for in price and in the way of counterfeits.

 

Last year I purchased 2 Cazador's NGC Genuine for $75 each. Did you know that the pillars of Hercules with the banner is what later turned into the "$" symbol? - Some say that if that ship didn't sink, America could look a lot different than it does today.

 

Gimmie a minute and I'll try to dig them out and shoot them.

 

I can Co-create something in this post ? its an interesting pictures in Finding Coins in Peru, a Great Friend is a Professional and found some coins via Metal Detector in Colonial Hidden Places. can i post ?

 

I love COLONIALS !

 

I got hooked watching the Home Shopping coin show. I sat there and took in an hour of brainwashing. They were selling theirs for $200 each back then. I like good deals so I kept looking around until I found these. They all look bad because they were at the bottom of the sea for 200 years, mine are a little worse than others.

 

Maybe he is talking about the COB 8 REALES coins or you are talking about the CHARLES KING ...

 

Please do! I love shipwreck/colonial treasures

 

Here we gooo with someeeee discoveries of 2012

 

And i can list what i have right here... im cutting the Colonial Scaner to Publish. are Unshown Pictures of Recoveries. in Colonial Zones at Peru.

 

That's awesome LP! I studied archeology in college and have a degree in it. I hope you are recording all your finds! Information is more valuable than the find itself. If you need help documenting your finds I can help get you some forms but it will be a bit more difficult to document exact locations. For that you need expensive gps equipment. Be careful with legality issues you could be treading on dangerous/illegal stuff. You could probably coax local universities into digging there if you show some of what you found. They would even provide equipment. Either way I'd love to know more. Message me in private.

 

In regard to buying actual 8 reales coins should I be worried if the coin looks super clean and good condition ?

 

Here they are ...