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RP17837 - 8 Reales (1808)

Rapid

Coin Heritage

Mint Mark NG

Province Mint Guatemala

Soverign Issuer Fernando VII

Coin Type8 Reales

Country of OriginSpanish America

Date 1808

Coin Details

Weight 24.37g

Composition Silver

Condition VG/F

Date Found 1979

Museum Reference

Registration Number 17837

Catalogue Yr 101

Numismatics

Map of shipwreck

Rapid

An American China trader wrecked at Ningaloo reef in 1811. The first example of an outwardbound American China trader to be examined from the archaeological perspective. Reported in the Columbian Sentinel dated 3 August 1811 to have had
$280 000 in specie on its outward journey from Boston.
Rapid departed Boston for Canton on 28 September 1810. After rounding the
Cape of...

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