The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 9, March 4, 2007, Article 17

HISTORIAN CITES COPPER COIN AS BLACKBEARD'S BOOTY

According to a report in the March 2, News & Observer of North Carolina,
a small copper coin found on a shipwreck is key evidence linking the
wreck to Blackbeard the pirate.

"Ten years of research has led to the "inescapable conclusion" that
a shipwreck near Beaufort is the pirate Blackbeard's flagship, a
state historian said today.

"Lindley Butler, historian for the Queen Anne's Revenge project, said
the size of the sunken ship, the number of guns it carried and the
artifacts recovered from the site strengthen the connection to the
pirate. Historical records indicate that the pirate sank the Queen
Anne's Revenge off the North Carolina coast in 1718.

"State officials reviewed the research during a conference today at
the N.C. Museum of History. Butler said a coin weight recovered last
October was particularly compelling evidence. The small copper disc,
an item used to determine the weight of coins and gold, bears a
likeness of Britain's Queen Anne, who reigned in 1702-1714.

"'This is the most exciting artifact to me,' Butler told the audience
of about three dozen people.

"'You can't get any better than putting Queen Anne on the
Queen Anne's Revenge.'"

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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