8 Reales Coin Type

Correio da Azia Wrecks

  • Country of Origin Spanish America

  • Province Mint Mexico

  • Soverign Issuer Carlos IV

  • Date 1802

Museum Reference

  • Museum Reference NRC40C - 8 Reales (1802)

  • Registration Number 40

Coin information

Full information about the 8 Reales
Coin Name 8 Reales
Country of Origin Spanish America
Province Mint Mexico
Soverign Issuer Carlos IV
Date 1802
Composition Silver
Mint Mark FT
Weight 22.28g
Condition F
Ship Correio da Azia
Date Found 3/5/04
Other Details Near main coin concretion, surface collection. Coin Roll NRC 40 A-I Small piece missing
Museum reference NRC40C - 8 Reales (1802)
Registration Number 40
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/numismatics/nrc40c-8-reales-1802
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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