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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 7350375, member: 44106&quot;]I would disagree that it&#039;s the oldest coin found in the New World though. I remember the story of the Maine penny, found in 1957, which was likely brought over by the Vikings in the 11th century and somehow made its way to Maine through trade or otherwise:&nbsp; (<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/lyf7tt/in_1957_a_man_found_an_11th_century_viking_coin/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/lyf7tt/in_1957_a_man_found_an_11th_century_viking_coin/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/lyf7tt/in_1957_a_man_found_an_11th_century_viking_coin/</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>Although it&#039;s hard to find a decent writeup on the &quot;Maine Penny&quot;, the theory that Vikings made it to North America well before has some pretty strong evidence backing it up. There have been finds of Viking artifacts on Baffin Island and I&#039;m pretty convinced that the &quot;Vinland&quot; of the Norse sagas was most likely New England. Years ago I traveled to L&#039;Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, to look at the Viking village there; another possible site was found on the south of the island more recently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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