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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2789668, member: 10461&quot;]Do a search on eBay for completed auctions where <i>El Cazador</i> 8-reales pieces have sold (not just <i>ended</i>, but actually <i>sold</i>).&nbsp; Take into account how much the sold pieces look in comparison to yours (quality on these sea-salvaged pieces varies widely), and whether or not they were slabbed.&nbsp; Also the fact that yours doesn&#039;t have the pedigree paperwork to indicate it is in fact from the <i>El Cazador </i>wreck, though that seems somewhat likely to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I owned one several years ago.&nbsp; Mine was in an ANACS slab, as I recall, and it had the wreck pedigree on the label.&nbsp; It was nicer than the one here, but still noticeably corroded.&nbsp; If I remember correctly, I paid less than $100 for it - somewhere in the upper two-figure pricerange - but this was a decade ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do think your coin here is worth considerably less than a hundred bucks as-is - in strictly monetary terms.&nbsp; It is a bit of an ugly duckling, as many sea-salvaged pieces are.&nbsp; (It&#039;s interesting how much nicer the reverse is on this particular one.)&nbsp; That being said, rough or not, it&#039;s a cool piece of history, and a grandparent&#039;s gift has a sentimental value you can&#039;t put a pricetag on.&nbsp; Was a nice gift, I say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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