Medieval Islamic Coins
found near Cambridge, MA
Evidence of Muslim presence in the Americas before Columbus

Medieval Islamic coins of North Africa from a buried hoard found in 1787, during road-building excavations between Cambridge and Malden, Massachusetts, USA. (Coins A and B)

From Saga America, Barry Fell, 1980, Published by Times books, New York, pages 26-27, 30.

We have, in fact, a long history of recovering ancient coins from American soil -- coins that, for some unaccountable reason, we have persistently contrived to ignore. Take, for example, the events that occurred some two centuries ago on a stretch of highway only a few minutes' drive from my home in Massachusetts (USA).