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  "textContent": "\nThe relic was collected in the 1950s by a Leeds City Transport employee named James Edwards, who tallied fares from bus and tram drivers at the end of each day and counted them.\n\n\n\n\nEdwards would set aside coins that couldn't be cashed — including foreign or counterfeit currency — and take them home.\n\n\n\n\nHe gave the ancient coin to his grandson, Peter, who stored it in a wooden chest.\n\nNow 77, Peter Edwards recently revisited the coin and researched its origins.\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.foxnews.com/travel/coin-used-bus-fare-turns-out-2000-year-old-relic-its-journey-mystery.amp",
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