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Edward Hynes was scanning the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, with a metal detector when he got a signal. He dug a hole and found a shiny gold object.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/old-gold-coin-nl-1.6646200
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article268781432.html
Previoulsy, a silver coin minted in Canterbury, England, during the 1490s was found in Newfoundland during 2021. The was heralded as the oldest English coin ever discovered in Canada, and possibly North America. The silver coin could have been brought by John Cabot, an Italian explorer, who is credited with being the first European to travel to Newfoundland in 1497, or by someone in his expedition.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gold-coin-newfoundland-archeological-discovery-scn/index.html
Giovanni Caboto, or John Cabot, sailed in 1496/1497 from Bristol, England to the coast of what is now North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. Two subsequent voyages were made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/john-cabot
Cabot had heard stories of fabulous cities in China, and he apparently wanted to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean to China.
Is it possible someone else visited Newfoundland first, or perhaps someone in Cabot's expedition had the gold coin? Would it be feasible to have someone carry a nearly 70 year-old gold coin?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/old-gold-coin-nl-1.6646200
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article268781432.html
Hynes later reported his disinterred treasure to the government, according to the release, and a currency expert determined the coin to be a Henry VI quarter noble. It was minted in London at some point between 1422 and 1427, meaning it is more than three times older than the nation of Canada, founded in 1867. As to how the coin made the 2,000-plus mile journey from the old world to the new, experts aren’t sure, though they say it was likely not in circulation when it was lost.
Previoulsy, a silver coin minted in Canterbury, England, during the 1490s was found in Newfoundland during 2021. The was heralded as the oldest English coin ever discovered in Canada, and possibly North America. The silver coin could have been brought by John Cabot, an Italian explorer, who is credited with being the first European to travel to Newfoundland in 1497, or by someone in his expedition.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/gold-coin-newfoundland-archeological-discovery-scn/index.html
Giovanni Caboto, or John Cabot, sailed in 1496/1497 from Bristol, England to the coast of what is now North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest-known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. Two subsequent voyages were made.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/john-cabot
Cabot had heard stories of fabulous cities in China, and he apparently wanted to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean to China.
Is it possible someone else visited Newfoundland first, or perhaps someone in Cabot's expedition had the gold coin? Would it be feasible to have someone carry a nearly 70 year-old gold coin?