8 Reales Coin Type

Correio da Azia Wrecks

  • Country of Origin Spanish America

  • Province Mint Mexico

  • Soverign Issuer Carlos IV

  • Date 1808

Museum Reference

  • Museum Reference NRC44.491 - 8 Reales (1808)

  • Registration Number 44

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 1808
Composition Silver
Mint Mark TH
Weight 25.06g
Condition VG
Ship Correio da Azia
Other Details from coin concretion. Coin roll NRC 44.484-497 HH Slight corrosion
Museum reference NRC44.491 - 8 Reales (1808)
Registration Number 44
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/numismatics/nrc44491-8-reales-1808
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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