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Western Australian Museum
RP18431 - 5 Francs (1784)
Rapid
Coin Heritage
Province Mint Paris
Soverign Issuer Louis XVI
Coin Type5 Francs
Country of OriginFrance
Date 1784
Coin Details
Weight 19.04g
Composition Silver
Condition G/P
Date Found 1979
Museum Reference
Registration Number 18431
Catalogue Dav. 1333
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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