A mysterious 18th-century coin recently resurfaced on a beach in Nantucket, thanks to one determined metal detectorist. Hobbyist Travis Nichols found the coin — a 1782 silver Spanish one-reale — at a beach on the south shore of the island, according to an Oct. 9 report by the Nantucket Inquirer …
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