'history' of canada erased with gold coin find

[cheka]

Gold Coin Pre-Dating First English Explorers Found on Newfoundland Beach » Explorersweb

Sometimes a single discovery can completely rewrite history. That might just be the case with a coin one man found in Canada this summer.

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Sometimes a single discovery can completely rewrite history.

That might just be the case with a gold coin one man found on the coast of Newfoundland, Canada this summer.

The Canadian government announced last week that the gold piece could be the oldest-known English coin ever found in the country.

A man named Edward Hynes found it on a beach, where it sat waiting five centuries for someone to pick it up. Hynes reported the discovery to the Provincial Government, as required under Canada’s Historic Resources Act.

Researchers have now dated the coin to the early 1400s. It is a Henry VI quarter noble, minted in London between 1422 and 1427.

Pre-dates European contact​

That means the coin predates John Cabot‘s arrival on Newfoundland by 70 years. The Italian explorer’s arrival marks the beginning of regular European contact with the area.

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[Newmisty]

 

[Ttazzman]

Here I thought they had possibly found templar gold on oak island

 

[pmbug]

600 year old gold coin. Yoda approves.

 

[nickndfl]

I think it was in some old Canuk's coin collection when it got lost or stolen.

 

[SongSungAu]

Nice find.
If coins could talk...
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[cheka]

i dont understand why (they) are saying this changes canada's history. anybody at anytime could have lost that coin after minting. (the writers) of the articles assume that coin arrived there right after it was minted -- why not 50 or 200 years later?

 

[gringott]

Dropped two weeks ago by hoarder with a hole in his pocket.

 

[SongSungAu]

i dont understand why (they) are saying this changes canada's history. anybody at anytime could have lost that coin after minting. (the writers) of the articles assume that coin arrived there right after it was minted -- why not 50 or 200 years later?

Exactly. Since they don't know how the coin got there, its discovery changes nothing.

 

[pmbug]

Everyone knows bugs are terrible boat captains. Who knows what will wash ashore.