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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Coin used to pay for bus ticket in Leeds found to be 2,000 years old

An odd-looking coin used to pay for a bus fare in Leeds in the 1950s has been found to belong to an ancient civilisation from more than 2,000 years ago.

The coin, handed to a local bus driver decades ago, came into the hands of James Edwards, former chief cashier with Leeds City Transport, who gathered fares and counted them at the end of each day.

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