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RP18522 - 8 Reales (1797)

Rapid

Coin Heritage

Mint Mark DA

Province Mint Santiago di Chile

Soverign Issuer Carlos IV

Coin Type8 Reales

Country of OriginSpanish America

Date 1797

Coin Details

Weight 21.56g

Composition Silver

Condition VG

Date Found 1979

Museum Reference

Registration Number 18522

Catalogue Yr 1258

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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RP18522 - 8 Reales (1797)

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