50 Strange Discoveries That Forever Changed Human Knowledge of Ancient Times

Maine Penny Beat Columbus

In 1957, an excavation team was digging around the site of a Native American settlement when they found a Norse artifact called a Maine Penny. Researchers aren’t sure how a Viking coin appeared in North American during the 12^th century, which was centuries before Columbus discovered America, but they do believe that the coin was made between 1065 and 1080.