Shipwreck Coin in Square Frame Leather Bracelet

This braided leather bracelet features a genuine silver Spanish 1/2 Real coin, minted in 1783 during the reign of Carlos III in then Spanish-controlled Mexico. While on a voyage from Vera Cruz to New Orleans the ship, El Cazador, sank in the Gulf of Mexico.

Had the ship successfully reached its original destination of New Orleans, the power dynamic and Spanish influence in North America would have been very different. The wreck essentially paved the way for US ownership of the Louisiana Purchase territory. After being lost for 200 years, the wreck and its enormous wealth of silver coins was discovered by fishermen and delicately salvaged.

Bracelet Details:

• Coin – Circa 1783
• Dimensions - Bracelet: 8.5 inches; coin frame: 0.9 inches x 0.9 inches
• Leather and Sterling Silver
• Rubies