We definitely know the meteorite is older than the gold coin found this summer in Newfoundland.
Edward Hynes, a well-known local amateur historian reported it to officials - it dates from the 1420s and the reign of Henry VI. It was found on the south coast.
In 2021, a silver coin minted in the 1490s, was found at Cupids Cove Plantation Provincial Historic Site. At that time, it was considered the oldest English coin ever found in Canada.
"There's been some knowledge of a pre-16th century European presence here for a while, you know, excluding Norse and so on," he says. "The possibility of perhaps a pre-16th century occupation would be pretty amazing and highly significant in this part of the world."
"That’s about 70 years before John Cabot landed on Newfoundland’s shores in 1497 after setting sail from the English port of Bristol. But the coin’s age doesn’t mean someone from Europe was on the island before Cabot, Brake said. For example, it could have been part of a later settler’s collection. It’s unlikely that it was in circulation when it was lost, he said, adding that it was worth quite a lot of money in the 1400s."
How much was a significant amount? I search to find out what it might be, but so far don't think 1 shilling 8 pence in the 1420s is only worth 4 days wages. I used the national UK archives to convert it. We know that this artifact can have a home in a Canadian museum without controversy of repatriation. | 
