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Ancient Coins May Solve Mystery of Murderous 1600s Pirate

“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

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,321 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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:

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

    :)

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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

    i have coins for sake at link below (scared of links? get over it)
    https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipPem0okLaTwklm2sKHUFY0-CvO_rQQ7HMHjhcec

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