Unidentified Coin Type
Correio da Azia Wrecks
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Country of Origin Spanish America
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Soverign Issuer Carlos IV
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Date 1808
Museum Reference
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Museum Reference NRC30A - Unidentified (1808)
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Registration Number 30
Coin information
| Coin Name | Unidentified |
|---|---|
| Country of Origin | Spanish America |
| Soverign Issuer | Carlos IV |
| Date | 1808 |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 6.20g |
| Condition | F/- |
| Ship | Correio da Azia |
| Date Found | 3/5/04 |
| Other Details | 70% remains. Near main coin concretion, surface collection Two coins concreted. 2 pieces (OBV, REV) (NRC 30A and 30B) |
| Museum reference | NRC30A - Unidentified (1808) |
| Registration Number | 30 |
| URL | http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/numismatics/nrc30a-unidentified-1808 |
Correio da Azia
The Correio da Azia built in Portugal, owned by Joao Nunes da Silveira. The Master of the Correio da Azia was Joao Joaquim de Freitas, The Correio da Azia was lost 1816/11/25 at Point Cloates.
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 China in...
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