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NRC45 - 8 Reales (1801)
      
                    Correio da Azia
          
      
Coin Heritage
      
              Mint Mark       FT          
      
      
              Province Mint       Mexico          
      
      
              Soverign Issuer       Carlos IV          
      
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpanish America
      
              Date       1801          
      
Coin Details
      
              Weight       22.68g          
      
      
              Composition       Silver          
      
      
              Condition       VG          
      
Museum Reference
      
              Registration Number       45          
      
   
    
  
  
        
 
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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