Young Girl Gets Arrested After She Finds 700-Year-Old Coin

Published on 12/08/2019
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Not A Coin

The experts then told Kate that even though it looked like a coin, it was actually a piedfort, which is very similar-looking to a coin. The difference between one and a coin is that piedforts weigh about twice as much as coins. Not to mention, they’re double the thickness of coins.

Not A Coin

Not A Coin

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An Understandable Mistake

It was understandable that Katie was sure the piedfort was a coin. Anyone who wasn’t in the business would make the same mistake. Now, Kate became curious about piedforts and what one was doing buried in her backyard.

She Finds Ancient Coin, Years Later Cops Arrest Her

An Understandable Mistake

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