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The Maine penny, also referred to as the Goddard coin, is a Norwegian silver coin dating to the reign of Olaf Kyrre King of Norway (1067–1093 AD). It was claimed to be discovered in Maine in 1957, and it has been suggested as evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact .
A coin similar to the Maine penny. Unusual finds at the site include worked copper, including some of European origin that were found in a Late Ceramic period grave of two children, alongside clay artifacts. [3] The most unusual find, however, is the Maine penny, a silver coin of Norse origin, dating to the reign of Olaf Kyrre (1067–1093 AD ...
Guardian book reporter Alison Flood, wrote that "unusually for a crime novel, leaves you feeling better about the world once you’ve finished." [6] Globe and Mail book columnist Margaret Cannon described the book as one of the best in the series of 18, and wrote that Penny was "at the top of her game". [5]
New Biographical Series; One Half Penny Book Series; Pamphlet series; The Pen and Pencil Series; Penny Tales for the People; Picture Books for Little Children; Present Day Primers [32] Present Day Tracts; R.T.S. Books for the People, also known as: R.T.S. 1d. Penny Books for the People; The R.T.S. Library [28] Sandringham Series of Penny ...
This entry should be updated in the light of the discussion of the Maine Penny in Gordon Campbell's Norse America: the Story of a Founding Myth (Oxford University Press, 2021), pp. 167-72. Unlike far too much of what has been written about the Northmen in North America this is a sober, non-partisan and scholarly book.
Castine, Maine, a majority of the coins were dispersed over time. The Castine Hoard (also known as The Castine Deposit [ 1 ] ) is the name given to a treasure trove of around 500–2,000 North American colonial coins that were found in Castine, Maine , United States.
Gilbert Patten was born in Corinna, Maine in 1866. His father, a carpenter, and his mother were deeply religious pacifists.They were Seventh Day Adventists. [2] He entered Corinna Union Academy at fourteen, but when his father threatened that he would be put to work if he did not improve at school, Patten ran away to Biddeford, Maine where he worked in a machine shop.
Ernest Benn Limited’s Sixpenny Library is a complete series of reference books published in the late 1920s and early 1930s. [1] The library included over one hundred and eighty volumes. The series was edited by William Rose , who solicited current authorities in such areas as history, literature, religion, psychology, science, and economics.