8 Reales Coin Type

Correio da Azia Wrecks

  • Country of Origin Spanish America

  • Province Mint Mexico

  • Soverign Issuer Unknown

  • Date NVD

Museum Reference

  • Museum Reference NRC348B - 8 Reales (NVD)

  • Registration Number 348

Coin information

Full information about the 8 Reales
Coin Name 8 Reales
Country of Origin Spanish America
Province Mint Mexico
Soverign Issuer Unknown
Date NVD
Mint Mark HJ
Weight 12.27g
Condition -/VG
Ship Correio da Azia
Date Found 8/5/08
Other Details Obverse heavily corroded/acid worn large portions of rim missing
Museum reference NRC348B - 8 Reales (NVD)
Registration Number 348
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/numismatics/nrc348b-8-reales-nvd
Map of shipwreck

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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