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The Mystery of the Coin That Shouldn’t Exist (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/science

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A decade ago, a funny money mystery fell into the hands of scientists and students at a university in Peru. The 10-cent piece was marked “1899” — but, according to those who made the money, the coin denomination never existed.

https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-023-01092-2 (open access)

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[–] someguy3 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Results are consistent with a cast counterfeit coin made at the turn of the 19th and 20th using a copper base alloy that was silver-platted to pass unnoticed among the public.

Figured that in the paywalled article, confirmed in the open article.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Well that was pretty obvious. What else would the explanation be, it's from a parallel universe? They'll make an article about anything weren't they.