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Treasure (Rhode) Island? Henry Every and Yemeni Coins Found in New England

Treasure (Rhode) Island? Henry Every and Yemeni Coins Found in New England
Associated Press ran a story about a handful of small silver coins from 17th-century
Yemen found by metal detectorists in
New England and the theory advanced by
Jim Bailey that these coins actually represent pirate plunder. In fact, he argues that they are the remains of plunder taken by
Henry Every (also written as “
Avery”) in one of the most famous pirate actions of the 17th century the taking of the
Mughal ship
Mecca to
Surat in 1695.
The story was quickly seized upon and embroidered by online news outlets over the week that followed. This is perhaps not overly surprising. The readiness with which the Associated Press has picked it up and other news outlets have run with it is clear testimony to the story’s popular exciting qualities. However, as with most astounding discoveries and anything even remotely endorsed by Capt. ....

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An Amateur Anthropologist Found a 17th-Century Coin That May Solve the Mystery of an Infamous Pirate Heist

A 17th-century Arabian coin discovered by Jim Bailey. Courtesy of the American Numismatic Society via Flickr.
A small trove of 17th-century Arabian coins has been unearthed in various locations across New England. They may help solve a centuries-old mystery surrounding a heinous ocean heist and the nefarious band of pirates who perpetrated it.
Jim Bailey, an amateur anthropologist and metal detectorist, discovered the first coin at a Middletown, Rhode Island fruit farm back in 2014. Research later proved that the coin was minted 1693 in Yemen, making it the oldest object of its kind ever discovered in North America, according to the Associated Press. Its presence was a major surprise, since evidence shows that American colonists didn’t travel to the Middle East until decades later. ....

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