17 Reales Coin Type

Rapid Wrecks

Museum Reference

  • Museum Reference RP1833818354 - 17 Reales (c.1800)

  • Registration Number 1833818354

Coin information

Full information about the 17 Reales
Coin Name 17 Reales
Country of Origin United States of America
Date c.1800
Composition Silver
Weight 267.00g
Condition VP
Ship Rapid
Other Details Second Type - Small Eagle and Heraldic Sheild
Museum reference RP1833818354 - 17 Reales (c.1800)
Registration Number 1833818354
URL http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/numismatics/rp1833818354-17-reales-c1800
Map of shipwreck

Rapid

The Rapid built in USA. The Rapid cargo was Coins, 280.000 silver dollars. The Rapid was lost 1811/01/07 at Ningaloo Reef.

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 Good Hope, sailed...

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