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NRC480 - Eight Reales –Pillar dollar (NVD)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Province Mint Unidentified
Soverign Issuer Carlos IV
Coin TypeEight Reales –Pillar dollar
Country of OriginUnidentified
Date NVD
Coin Details
Weight 10.39g
Composition Silver
Condition Very poor
Date Found 1/07/2011
Museum Reference
Registration Number 480
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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