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SpecialpOps t1_iw43zm8 wrote

Reply to 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

This coin was found in the dresser of the man who goes to Oak Island during the off-season and throws ancient coins down a giant well to throw off the Lagina brothers. Also recovered from the dresser were several old pieces of wood and a few rusted nails from the 1700s.

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Tiako t1_iw42oh4 wrote

Reply to comment by LargeMonty in 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

Indeed, the problem with singular finds is that they may have singular explanations, which is why archaeology tries to build up data sets rather than just looking at individual artefacts.

This could be a sign of pre-Columbian activity (the much theorized Basque fishermen?) it could just be a keep sake someone was holding onto in 1530.

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piponwa t1_iw3xep9 wrote

Reply to 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

The coin was minted between 1422 and 1427. It could have very easily been brought by John Cabot's team in 1497. It's not very impressive to have someone from that expedition lose one coin that's 70 years old. It doesn't require any earlier contact than those that were known.

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bangdazap t1_iw3v1fb wrote

Reply to comment by Jaaacksonnn in Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday! by AutoModerator

It was during the 1960s, the Republican party employed the "Southern strategy" of appealing to the pro-segregationist Democrats of the American South as the Democratic party started to support the Civil Rights movement.

Part of the reason for the Democratic party supporting the Civil Rights movement was Cold War competition with the Soviet Union. The hypocrisy of the US treatment of its African American citizens was a popular subject in Soviet propaganda.

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FLORI_DUH t1_iw3p6p0 wrote

Reply to comment by LargeMonty in 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

I'm late to the party, but I do have a partial answer for you. Here is a coin from my personal collection that was minted in 1719 in South America, and was still in circulation in the Central American Republic ~150 years later (as evidenced by the countermark in the upper left). Hell, you can still find Indian Head pennies in circulation here, and they stopped in 1909. A couple hundred years of use isn't at all out of the question

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gitarzan t1_iw3p1u3 wrote

Reply to comment by Carbon_60 in 600-year-old coin may be oldest found in Canada by IslandChillin

I’ve a theory on that. “Dad socks away old coins in underwear drawer. Kid finds coins a puts them back into circulation buying candy, etc.”

I used to run a store and a kid came in every few days and would spend old silver dollars and fifty cent coins. I now have them now in a jar in a closet. I suppose his Dad was really pissed when he found out.

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