RP18710 - Unidentified
Rapid
Coin Heritage
Province Mint Unidentified
Soverign Issuer Unknown
Coin TypeUnidentified
Coin Details
Weight 16.27g
Condition VP
Date Found 28/9/1995
Museum Reference
Registration Number 18710
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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...