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RP18058 - 8 Reales (1789 PR)

Rapid

Coin Heritage

Mint Mark PR

Province Mint Potosi

Soverign Issuer Carlos IV

Coin Type8 Reales

Country of OriginSpanish America

Date 1789 PR

Coin Details

Weight 24.26g

Composition Silver

Condition aF

Date Found 1979

Museum Reference

Registration Number 18058

Catalogue Yr 1150

Numismatics

Map of shipwreck

Rapid

An American China trader wrecked at Ningaloo reef in 1811. The first example of an outwardbound American China trader to be examined from the archaeological perspective. Reported in the Columbian Sentinel dated 3 August 1811 to have had
$280 000 in specie on its outward journey from Boston.
Rapid departed Boston for Canton on 28 September 1810. After rounding the
Cape of...

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