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Western Australian Museum
NRC413 - Eight Reales, Fragment (17(-))
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Soverign Issuer Carlos III or IV
Coin TypeEight Reales, Fragment
Country of OriginSpanish America
Date 17(-)
Coin Details
Weight 10.06g
Composition Silver
Condition aVF
Date Found 9/5/2009
Museum Reference
Registration Number 413
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...
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