After one year, my lecture on the only authentic pre-Columbian European artifact ever found in the United States becomes public.
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--Created in Norway, 1069-1080 AD, during reign of King Olaf Kyrre
--Made of silver alloy
--Found at Goddard Site, Naskeag Point, Maine, dated 1100s-1200s AD
The only authentic Norse artifact ever found in the United States, this small silver coin dated to the 11th century may be an elaborate hoax, or a crucial clue to trade and contact between Europe and America in the centuries between the fall of Vinland and the arrival of Columbus.