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<p>[QUOTE="ColonialDave, post: 1753816, member: 56493"]As far as the New Sweden settlement goes, the only mention regarding Swedish coins being found in Delaware was in 1747 when some soldiers were digging a redoubt at the ruins of old Fort Christina near present day Wilmington, Delaware. In doing so the soldiers uncovered a coin from the reign of Sweden's Queen Christina (presumably a low denomination copper 1/4 Ore from the 1630s-40s).</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]276321[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]276324[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>Links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GlsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=new+sweden+coin+found&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WRzrUfXfKoXU9QT0voCQAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=new%20sweden%20coin%20found&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GlsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=new+sweden+coin+found&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WRzrUfXfKoXU9QT0voCQAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=new%20sweden%20coin%20found&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=GlsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=new sweden coin found&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WRzrUfXfKoXU9QT0voCQAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=new sweden coin found&f=false</a></p><p> </p><p>and</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IEjjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=ore+new+sweden&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBvrUZncBoPc8wSAq4CYCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=new%20sweden%20coin%20found&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IEjjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=ore+new+sweden&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBvrUZncBoPc8wSAq4CYCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=new%20sweden%20coin%20found&f=false" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=IEjjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=ore new sweden&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBvrUZncBoPc8wSAq4CYCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=new sweden coin found&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ColonialDave, post: 1753816, member: 56493"]As far as the New Sweden settlement goes, the only mention regarding Swedish coins being found in Delaware was in 1747 when some soldiers were digging a redoubt at the ruins of old Fort Christina near present day Wilmington, Delaware. In doing so the soldiers uncovered a coin from the reign of Sweden's Queen Christina (presumably a low denomination copper 1/4 Ore from the 1630s-40s). [ATTACH=full]276321[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]276324[/ATTACH] Links: [URL='http://books.google.com/books?id=GlsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=new+sweden+coin+found&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WRzrUfXfKoXU9QT0voCQAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=new%20sweden%20coin%20found&f=false']http://books.google.com/books?id=GlsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11&dq=new sweden coin found&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WRzrUfXfKoXU9QT0voCQAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=new sweden coin found&f=false[/URL] and [URL='http://books.google.com/books?id=IEjjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=ore+new+sweden&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBvrUZncBoPc8wSAq4CYCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=new%20sweden%20coin%20found&f=false']http://books.google.com/books?id=IEjjAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166&dq=ore new sweden&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nBvrUZncBoPc8wSAq4CYCQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=new sweden coin found&f=false[/URL][/QUOTE]
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