RP18746 - Eight Reales (1790)
Rapid
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark OM : FM
Province Mint Mexico
Coin TypeEight Reales
Date 1790
Coin Details
Weight 25.73g
Composition Silver
Condition F
Museum Reference
Registration Number 18746
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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...