Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

RP18207 - 8 Reales (1798 CN )

Rapid

Coin Heritage

Province Mint Seville

Soverign Issuer Carlos III

Coin Type8 Reales

Country of OriginSpain

Date 1798 CN

Coin Details

Weight 24.87g

Composition Silver

Condition F

Date Found 1979

Museum Reference

Registration Number 18207

Catalogue Yr 1499

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...