Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg's director of archaeology, holds a one-cent coin from 1817 on Wednesday Oct. 6, 2021, in Williamsburg, Va. The coin helped archaeologists confirm that a recently unearthed brick-and-mortar foundation belonged to one of the oldest Black churches in the United States. (AP Photo/Ben Finley)
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Foundation of 1856 Black church found under parking lot in Virginia (edition.cnn.com)

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An 1817 coin helped archaeologists determine the location of the original building of the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, first founded by free and enslaved Blacks in 1776.

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