A gold coin dating back to the fifteenth century has been discovered on Newfoundland's south coast. It is the oldest-known English coin found in an archaeological context in Canada.
The coin was found during the summer of 2022 by Edward Hynes, who reported it to the provincial government. Consultation with Paul Berry, former curator of the Bank of Canada's Currency Museum, indicates the coin is a Henry VI quarter noble, minted in London between 1422 and 1427. The coin would have been a sizeable amount of money in the 1400s, valued at 1 shilling 8 pence.
Exactly how the gold quarter noble coin made its way to Newfoundland and Labrador is a mystery; however, Mr. Berry says the coin was probably not in circulation when it was lost. Research on the coin is
