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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 11191845, member: 4910&quot;]Coins found in New England help solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate: &quot;One of the greatest crimes of the 17th century&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>From CBS News:</p><p><br /></p><p>One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late 1600s, one of the world&#039;s most ruthless pirates wandered the American colonies with impunity.</p><p><br /></p><p>Newly surfaced documents also strengthen the case that English buccaneer Henry Every - the target of the first worldwide manhunt - hid out in New England before sailing for Ireland and vanishing into the wind.</p><p><br /></p><p>CBS News article:</p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coins-new-england-help-solve-mystery-of-murderous-1600s-pirate-henry-every" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coins-new-england-help-solve-mystery-of-murderous-1600s-pirate-henry-every" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coins-new-england-help-solve-mystery-of-murderous-1600s-pirate-henry-every</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A Mughal coin of Aurangzeb which could have been part of the pirate&#039;s loot:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_mughal_rupee_aurangzeb_1091_surat_1680.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mughal silver rupee of Aurangzeb, Surat mint, AH 1091 (AD 1680)</p><p>Silver, 24 mm, 11.49 gm, Krause KM 300.86</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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