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Western Australian Museum
NRC18 - 8 Reales ((1795 - 1802))
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark PP
Province Mint Potosi
Soverign Issuer Carlos IV
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpanish America
Date (1795 - 1802)
Coin Details
Weight 17.29g
Composition Silver
Condition aF/F
Date Found 3/5/2004
Museum Reference
Registration Number 18
ANCODS %
1817 Emilla was dispatched to salvage the Correio da Azia. Capt. Pedro Jose da Silva Loureiro, Pilot Luis Beltrao
The Correio da Azia was ‘coming from Lisbon to Macau against weather, seas and wind, fire, shallows and coastal dangers and errors of maps’ (de Freitas 1816) when it ran aground on Ningaloo reef on 26 November, 1816. Established by the Portuguese in 1557 and returned to...
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