A gold coin may be the oldest English coin ever found in the country.
It may call into question the accepted timelines of European exploration.
According to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the coin was found in the summer of 2022.
Edward Hynes heard a loud noise while he was using his metal detector. He dug a five inch deep hole and found the shiny piece.
I wasn't thinking it was a gold coin when I saw it. He told the outlet that he thought it was a tag from a button.
According to the release, a currency expert determined that the coin was a Henry VI quarter noble. It is three times older than Canada, founded in 1867, due to the fact that it was created in London between 1422 and 1427.
Experts don't know how the coin made the 2,000 mile journey from the old world to the new, but they do know that it wasn't in circulation when it went missing.
According to a government release, the oldest English coin ever found in Canada was a silver coin produced in England in the 1490s.
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