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It’s interesting, but I missed the bit where they explain why the coin can’t have been brought there later by someone else.
“….who described how some careful cleaning with soap and water and a soaking in lemon juice revealed clear details of an English shilling with Edward VI’s portrait.”
Ha, I could imagine archaeologists around the globe spewing coffee on their screens reading that passage.
However, I tend to agree with Tooner, there are far too many other explanations and little corroborating evidence. I didn’t hear any claims that the nickel and penny had to have ended up there from a late 19th century shipwreck. A fascinating theory though, I trust they will continue to explore it.
Uhhhh….duh. Of course it would have to be “early 20th century shipwreck”.
Details….details.
I think they can date the deposit of clay it was in.this isnt the first discovery of an old coin up in BC. by coincidence I ordered this book a few weeks back , should be here any day now.
I thought of buying a couple pounds of old Chinese coins and burying them along the BC coast, then sitting back to see what theories arose.
makes a good conspiracy storyline….
and now for the evening news (cue Monty Python theme song)
So, what would a coin like this fetch in new Canadian bills?
I think that I may have a few lying around.
Given how short his reign was, an Edward VI shilling would be worth a lot.
And bearing out what Tooner and Canadian Observer suggested, coins remained in circulation a long time.
The blue clay is important.
I find it hard to believe that sailors would be hiking round the globe with pockets full of coins when there’d be no place to spend them.
I know I don’t take pockets of change with me when I hike in the woods.
It’s not like they hopped on the ship, sailed to North America and suddenly realized that they forgot to leave their coins in the tray on the nightstand. Why on earth would you bring any “money” at all when exploring the shore other than to risk it falling out of your pockets?
I say it’s been planted and someone is having hours of entertainment watching scholars wrap themselves in knots trying to explain how they got there.
I didn’t realize the Panama Canal was built so long ago!
Perhaps coins were given by early explorers instead of steel knives, or blankets?
Perhaps clse examination will reveal if this has been sitting in clay for over 40 years.
This is from the last global warming crisis in the mid 1500’s. The original owner of the coin took the Northwest Passage.
“I find it hard to believe that sailors would be hiking round the globe with pockets full of coins when there’d be no place to spend them.”
Well, they knew they’d have to bring some cash because there’d be no ATMs where they were going.
Ha ha!
they carried silver and gold as it was trade money anywhere by weight as bullion . remember , these guys thought they were going to run into the Japans or somewhere like that , although its 50 years after Magellan , the spanish werent exactly forthcoming on information and Drake couldnt do a google map search to find out where he was going.