2.1 Coins from the 17th century Discovered in a Fruit Grove Could Answer a 300-Year-Old Pirate Mystery
Place: Rhode Island
Year of discovery: 2014
Value Estimate: $200–600 per coin*
Who doesn’t enjoy a good pirate mystery? An Arabian coin from the 1600s was discovered in 2014 by a metal detectorist exploring an orchard in Rhode Island. Since the early European immigrants were not involved in commerce with Arab merchants, how did the coin get into the colonies?
300-year-old pirate mystery could be solved by 17th-century coins discovered in a fruit grove (@nydailynews/Pinterest).
The answer to this query helped to solve a centuries-old pirate riddle. The coin from Yemen, produced in 1693, may have belonged to the infamous pirate captain Henry Every. Before vanishing in 1696, it was believed that Every had traveled to New England, maybe to Rhode Island. This coin might have been part of Every’s booty that he took, and he dropped it by accident while escaping the authorities hanging pirates. The enigma was further compounded when further coins were discovered in other New England states.