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NRC457 - Eight Reales–Pillar dollar (1808–1810)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark T.H.
Province Mint Mexico
Soverign Issuer Fernando VII
Coin TypeEight Reales–Pillar dollar
Country of OriginSpanish America
Date 1808–1810
Coin Details
Weight 22.47g
Composition Silver
Condition VG
Date Found 1/07/2011
Museum Reference
Registration Number 457
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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