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Western Australian Museum
RP18437 - Dollar (1799)
Rapid
Coin Heritage
Soverign Issuer Unknown
Coin TypeDollar
Country of OriginUnited States of America
Date 1799
Coin Details
Weight 23.82g
Composition Silver
Condition aF
Date Found 1979
Museum Reference
Registration Number 18437
Catalogue Krause: 2828
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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