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1899 Peruvian dinero: the mystery of a coin that wasn't officially minted (springeropen.com)
26 points by sohkamyung 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



It's basically a counterfeit coin, but for a moment my imagination was sparked by the idea of this being an accidental trans-dimensional artifact from another version of our world.



Not really. One is a news article, this is the paper the article is based on.


TL;DR: Its a very old counterfeit coin.


Yup, that’s what the title indicates…

If it wasn’t minted, that leaves one option…




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