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RP18715 - 5 Reis (179 ( ))

Rapid

Coin Heritage

Province Mint Unidentified

Soverign Issuer Maria I & Petrus III

Coin Type5 Reis

Country of OriginPortugal

Date 179 ( )

Coin Details

Weight 2.66g

Composition Silver

Condition P

Date Found 20/5/1980

Museum Reference

Registration Number 18715

Catalogue C.R.Husch ? De Vries 72

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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RP18715 - 5 Reis (179 ( ))

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