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1899 Peruvian dinero: the mystery of a coin that wasn't officially minted

• jetbalsa 3y ago
  TL;DR: Its a very old counterfeit coin.
  • dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
    Yup, that’s what the title indicates… If it wasn’t minted, that leaves one option…
• boomboomsubban 3y ago
  Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38910965 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38910965
  • mooreds 3y ago
    Not really. One is a news article, this is the paper the article is based on.
• spraveenitpro 3y ago
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• southernplaces7 3y ago
  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.