The Suspected Oldest Coin In Canada Has Been Discovered On The Province S South Coast

(Both sides of the coin. A quarter noble of Henry VI, struck in London between 1422 and 1427.) A gold coin found on the province’s south coast over the summer may be the oldest ever found in Canada. It was discovered by Edward Hynes, who reported it to the provincial government. After consultation with Paul Barry, former curator of the Bank of Canada Coin Museum, it was discovered that the coin is a Henry VI noble quarter struck in London in the 1420s. (A Henry VI peerage, struck in London between 1422 and 1427.) The government says the coin would have been quite a large sum of money at the time, worth 1 shilling 8 pence. Exactly how the coin got here is a mystery, but Berry notes that it was probably not in circulation when it was lost. In 2021, a similar discovery was made at the historic site of Cupids Cove Plantation. This coin is said to have been struck in the 1490s and at the time was believed to be the oldest English coin ever found in Canada.