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A 2,000-year-old coin was unknowingly used as bus fare in England \u2014 before officials realized it dated back to the Carthaginian empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The artifact, produced in what is now Cadiz, Spain, was recently donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries, according to a March statement from the City of Leeds.<\/p>\n

Carthage, an ancient civilization<\/a> based in North Africa, lasted from roughly 800 B.C. to 146 B.C. \u2014 and the coin dates to the first century B.C.<\/p>\n

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The 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.<\/p>\n

Edwards would set aside coins that couldn’t be cashed \u2014 including foreign or counterfeit currency \u2014 and take them home.<\/p>\n

He gave the ancient coin to his grandson, Peter,<\/a> who stored it in a wooden chest.<\/p>\n

Now 77, Peter Edwards recently revisited the coin and researched its origins.<\/p>\n

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“Neither of us were coin collectors, but we were fascinated by their origin and imagery \u2014 to me, they were treasure,” said Peter Edwards.<\/p>\n

He added, “The coin always fascinated me because it was hard to decipher where it came from.”<\/p>\n

Edwards donated the coin to Leeds Discovery Center’s collection<\/a>, a free museum that includes “coins and currency from cultures around the world spanning thousands of years of history,” the city said.<\/p>\n

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The coin may have been collected by a soldier who returned to Leeds<\/a>, said a Leeds City Council spokesperson, but officials say they “will never know for sure.”<\/p>\n

Similar coins have been found previously, the official told Fox News Digital, allowing experts to cross-reference and identify this example.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson added that a Leeds curator confirmed the coin’s identity and provided additional background following Peter Edwards’ donation.<\/p>\n

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The Carthaginian coin bears the image of the god Melqart, the Phoenician counterpart of Hercules<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“At that time, some Phoenician coins carried Greek imagery to make them more appealing to traders,” Leeds City Council said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Edwards told city officials his grandfather would be “proud” to know that the coin would come back to Leeds.<\/p>\n

He added, “However, how it got there will always be a mystery.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/coin-used-bus-fare-turns-out-2000-year-old-relic-its-journey-mystery <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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