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NRC449 - 20 Reales (1808–1812)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark A.I.
Province Mint Madrid
Soverign Issuer Joseph Napoleon
Coin Type20 Reales
Country of OriginSpain
Date 1808–1812
Coin Details
Weight 39.50g
Composition Silver
Date Found 1/07/2011
Museum Reference
Registration Number 449
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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