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Murderous 1600s pirate hid out in U.S. colonies with impunity

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WARWICK (AP) – One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late 1600s, one of the...
A 17th CENTURY Arabian silver coin, top, that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests near an Oak Tree Shilling minted in 1652 by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, below, and a Spanish half real coin from 1727, right, on a table, in Warwick, R.I., Thursday, March 11, 2021. The Arabian coin was found at a farm, in Middletown, R.I., in 2014 by metal detectorist Jim Bailey, who contends it was plundered in 1695 by English pirate Henry Every from Muslim pilgrims sailing home to India after a pilgrimage to Mecca. / AP FILE PHOTO/ STEVEN SENNE

Ancient coins may solve mystery of murderous 1600s pirate

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WARWICK (AP) – A handful of coins unearthed from a pick-your-own-fruit orchard in rural Rhode Island and other random corners of New England may...
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