Mexico 1800 Silver 8 Reales ex Rapid Shipwreck KM#109 good Fine
| We Last Sold This Item For: | $950.00 |
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| Last Sold On: | 18/5/2020 |
| # Sold In Past 12 Months: | 0 |
Mexico 1800-Mo FM Silver 8 Reales
Recovered from the shipwreck of "The Rapid"
Obverse: Laureate bust of Charles IIII to right; legend around; date below.
Reverse: Coronate shield within two pillars, legend around.
Reference Number: KM#109
Quality Grading: good Fine
WA Museum Certificate #: 13251
An incredibly rare memento of this remarkable shipwreck.
The Rapid was an early 19th-century American vessel that wrecked on Ningaloo Reef (on the North West cost of Western Australia) in 1811. It was bound for Canton (Guangzhou) in China, and had a cargo of 280,000 Spanish silver dollars when it sank.
This was obviously an incredible sum of money (the weight of this silver was just shy of 8 tonnes), so the loss of the ship would have been an incredible event in any era.
The survival of the men that were on the Rapid is one of hardship and endurance - the first of 3 boats containing the survivors arrived safely in Batavia after a gruelling 37 days at sea. All the crew managed to reach Java alive, however some were in such poor health that they died soon afterwards.
In addition to that, the discovery of the wreck in 1978 has been described as being "one of the most incredible finds in Australian maritime history."
Very few of the coins recovered from the wreck of the Rapid are in private hands - this attractive coin is a fantastic representation of this chapter in Australia's maritime history.
SKU: 21284
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