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Western Australian Museum
RP17842 - 8 Reales (1778)
Rapid
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark CF
Province Mint Seville
Soverign Issuer Carlos IV
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpain
Date 1778
Coin Details
Weight 17.03g
Composition Silver
Condition VG
Date Found 1979
Museum Reference
Registration Number 17842
Catalogue Yr 1489
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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