Ancient Coins May Solve Mystery of Murderous 1600s Pirate

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“A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may help solve one of the planet’s oldest cold cases.”

Neat article:

https://apnews.com/article/f5a6151b74e0dcf96de585eab451f90c

WillieBoyd2

I do not believe that one can tie a found coin to a particular person.

There were shortages of small change in the American Colonies and virtually anything round was pressed into service as a coin.

A Mughal coin of Aurangzeb which could have been part of the pirate's loot:

Mughal silver rupee of Aurangzeb, Surat mint, AH 1091 (AD 1680)
Regnal year 24
Silver, 24 mm, 11.49 gm, Krause KM 300.86

silverpop

Henry Every made sure that him and his crew would never be found, gather they most likely died of old age under new names never to be found