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Coins and Bank Notes Misrepresented

Coins and currency may not always be what they appear to be. A treasure hunter armed with a metal detector and whoever may be claiming to be in charge of the Government of East Africa will attest to that.

The two instances have one thing in common—they each attempted to use physical cash to deceive people. Both looked to change history, sort of.

In the first instance, Michael Jones of Port Talbot in Wales was ironically found not guilty

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