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RP18548 - 8 Reales (1797)
      
                    Rapid
          
      
Coin Heritage
      
              Mint Mark       MF          
      
      
              Province Mint       Madrid           
      
      
              Soverign Issuer       Carlos IV           
      
Coin Type8 Reales
Country of OriginSpain
      
              Date       1797          
      
Coin Details
      
              Weight       23.23g          
      
      
              Composition       Silver          
      
      
              Condition       VG          
      
      
              Date Found       1979          
      
Museum Reference
      
              Registration Number       18548          
      
      
              Catalogue       Yr 354          
      
   
    
  
  
        
 
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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