news article: Amateur historian discovers 600-year-old English coin in Newfoundland

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Gold coin discovered in Newfoundland could be oldest English coin in Canada | CBC News

The coin, a quarter noble, was minted 70 years before recorded English contact


A gold coin discovered on Newfoundland's south coast could rewrite the history books on the European presence in the region.

The coin, a quarter noble, dates back to the 1420s and the reign of Henry VI, making it likely the oldest English coin ever discovered in Canada.

Provincial archaeologist Jamie Brake told CBC News the coin is in excellent condition.

"It came out of the ground looking like it had been minted yesterday," said Brake on Wednesday.

The find is older than the previously oldest-known English coin, also found in Newfoundland, in 2021. That coin, a half groat found at the Cupids Cove Plantation provincial historic site, dated to the 1490s.

 

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of course the question is ... did someone drop or plant it there. lol

 

"The coin was discovered last summer on a beach, where it had waited under sand and salt water for five centuries."

A bit presumptuous, no?

 

Hi Lake Effect,
Presumptuous ?, Si`
Guess the coin didn't have anything else to do!
J.T.

 

I still wouldn't say it's impossible.
Just because this was found there.
That doesn't mean it was dropped in the 1400's.
It would be awesome to find a Quarter noble in the dirt. Even if it was dropped in the dirt in the 1700's.

 

So, THAT'S where I left it.

 

#Hashtag Vikings the earliest arrivers with Wampum, for the win. Keep searching that sand.

 

Nice find.

 

Found at Oak Island.

 

yeah, they forgot to mention the coin was found in a pocket in a pair of Levi branded jeans ...


I think it's so exciting finding such an old coin.
But trying to figure out how it got there is an Oak Island search.