Spanish coins that predate Columbus by 200 years found deep in the Utah desert

The two coins, one minted in Madrid in 1660 and the other made around the 1200s, were found lying on the floor at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah. It’s a mystery how such old coins have turned up in an area that wasn’t visited by Spanish explorers until 1776. They may have been left by early Spanish settlers or explorers, traded with native American tribes possibly in Mexico and then lost in the canyon, or someone brought a really old coin to the continent.

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