Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
NRC358 - 8 Reales (1808)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark oM T(H)
Province Mint Mexico
Soverign Issuer Carlos IIII
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpanish America
Date 1808
Coin Details
Weight 24.32g
Composition Silver
Condition F
Date Found 9/5/2009
Museum Reference
Registration Number 358
1817 Emilla was dispatched to salvage the Correio da Azia. Capt. Pedro Jose da Silva Loureiro, Pilot Luis Beltrao
The Correio da Azia was ‘coming from Lisbon to Macau against weather, seas and wind, fire, shallows and coastal dangers and errors of maps’ (de Freitas 1816) when it ran aground on Ningaloo reef on 26 November, 1816. Established by the Portuguese in 1557 and returned to...
Continue reading about the Correio da Azia