Greek Coin found in a Illinois burial mound in Hancock County

Find Roman Coin in Indian Mound in Hancock County, Illinois

Isn't it interesting that the date of the coin matches the date of the burial mound?

   Chicago, March 13 - An old coin discovered in an Illinois Indian mound in Hancock County, and examined by Dr. Alfred Emerson of the Chicago Art Institute, a famous numismatist, was declared to be either an old Greek or Roman coin.  Dr Emerson said he was certain it was coined in Rome or Greece during the period between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.

    The discovery of the coin has awakened scientific interest here in the Indian mounds.  It is believed they may furnish proof that white men were on the continent 2,000 years ago, scientist today asserted.