NRC355 - Eight Reales
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Soverign Issuer Fernando VII
Coin TypeEight Reales
Coin Details
Weight 6.89g
Composition Silver
Condition G/-
Date Found 9/5/2009
Museum Reference
Registration Number 355
Soverign Issuer Fernando VII
Coin TypeEight Reales
Weight 6.89g
Composition Silver
Condition G/-
Date Found 9/5/2009
Registration Number 355
1817 Emilla was dispatched to salvage the Correio da Azia. Capt. Pedro Jose da Silva Loureiro, Pilot Luis Beltrao
The Correio da Azia was ‘coming from Lisbon to Macau against weather, seas and wind, fire, shallows and coastal dangers and errors of maps’ (de Freitas 1816) when it ran aground on Ningaloo reef on 26 November, 1816. Established by the Portuguese in 1557 and returned to...