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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 48, November 27, 2016, Article 21

1730 BRITISH COIN FOUND UNDER NEWPORT, RI DRIVEWAY

This November 23, 2016 article from Newport, RI discusses the discovery of 1730-dated coin below a driveway undergoing repairs. -Editor

1730 coin found in Newport Roy Caetano works for Narragansett Improvement; and he was on the job paving on front of 26 Hunter Ave., this morning when he made a rare find.

Caetano, of Fall River, Mass., had found a pre-Revolutionary war coin. He knocked on the homeowner's door.

Former Newport Councilor Mike Farley answered, and Caetano gave him the 1730 British coin.

"Okay, that's yours," he told Farley.

"He just handed it to me," said Farley, who gave the laborer a $40 reward.

Caetano said he was excited when he saw the coin in the ground under the driveway. He has found one other collectable coin in the past, but nothing to compare with this coin.

His other discovery? A 1944 U.S. dime, he said.

OK - can any of our coin sleuths tells us more about this piece from the image? -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
Workmen Find Eighteenth-Century British Coin Under Newport Lawyer's Driveway (http://patch.com/rhode-island/newport/workmen-find-seventeenth-century-british-coin-under-newport-lawyers-driveway)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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