Oldest coin ever found in Canada?
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https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2021/tcar/1110n01/
"Archaeologists at the Cupids Cove Plantation Provincial Historic Site discovered a rare English silver coin during this season’s excavations. According to site supervisor and head archaeologist William Gilbert, who discovered the site in 1995 and continues to lead the dig, this is likely the oldest English coin to ever be found in Canada, and possibly all of North America.
Consultation with Paul Berry, former curator of the Bank of Canada’s Currency Museum, indicates the coin is a Henry VII “half groat”, or two-penny piece, minted in Canterbury, England sometime between 1493 and 1499."
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That is amazing! I wonder if ever, another coin has been unearthed anywhere in the Americas, that is older. I am not aware of any.
Most likely brought over centuries later by someone
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Just wait til they finish excavating Oak Island!
I hear Oak Island is full of bobby dazzlers.
Voiceover guy: "Is this true? has the group really found bobby dazzlers??"
A groat for your thoughts.
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