RP18740 - 8 Reales
Rapid
Coin Heritage
Coin Type8 Reales
Coin Details
Weight 727.00g
Date Found 1979
Museum Reference
Registration Number 18740
Coin Type8 Reales
Weight 727.00g
Date Found 1979
Registration Number 18740
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...