World News | Man with Metal Detector Finds 222-year-old Coin Near Church
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. A man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine.
Embden (US), Oct 25 (AP) A man with a metal detector has found a long-hidden, 222-year-old coin under a few inches of soil outside a church in Maine.
Shane Houston, of Charlotte, North Carolina, was on a metal-detecting trip with a friend from New Hampshire when he found the coin earlier this month, the Bangor Daily News reported.
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The copper penny, dated 1798, comes from the first decade of American-minted money in North America.
He said it was found on the grounds of a church in Embden where he had permission to use his metal detector.
The penny is not in pristine condition. Houston said it might fetch $200 but he has no intentions of selling it.
On the same trip, he also found an 1818 penny, a full wagon wheel and a musket ball. The ammunition was measured at 0.75 caliber, making it British in origin. (AP)
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