Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP17850 - Dollar (1801)

Rapid

Coin Heritage

Province Mint Unidentified

Soverign Issuer Unknown

Coin TypeDollar

Country of OriginUnited States of America

Date 1801

Coin Details

Weight 21.34g

Composition Silver

Condition VG/Corroded

Date Found 1979

Museum Reference

Registration Number 17850

Catalogue Krause: 2828

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...