NRC462 - Eight Reales (18--)
Correio da Azia
Coin Heritage
Mint Mark C.L. ?
Coin TypeEight Reales
Country of OriginSpain
Date 18--
Coin Details
Weight 18.86g
Composition Silver
Condition –/VG
Museum Reference
Registration Number 462
Mint Mark C.L. ?
Coin TypeEight Reales
Country of OriginSpain
Date 18--
Weight 18.86g
Composition Silver
Condition –/VG
Registration Number 462
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...