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One of my favourites (being Norwegian an'all) is the Maine Penny [1]. IMHO the most likely explanation is that it is either a modern-day hoax (that is, planted
by lb1lf 10y ago
One of my favourites (being Norwegian an'all) is the Maine Penny [1].
IMHO the most likely explanation is that it is either a modern-day hoax (that is, planted at the dig site) or a result of native American trading (After all, the fact that there were Norse settlements in Newfoundland is not in doubt - so conceivably, someone got the coin there and carried it south, that someone not being Norse)
It would be fun if a Norse settlement in the US could be proven, though. We'd be happy to incorporate you as a county of good ol' Norway.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_penny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_penny
- ocschwar 10y agoThe first Puritan settlers of Massachusetts were from Lincolnshire, and the people of that region were still called Jutes in the 1600s. So we already are an extension of Jutland, complete with morose temperaments and bad cooking.