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Published online 28 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060327-8
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Great fakers scammed ancient Italy
An old lead coin looks like it was plated with silver.
An ingenious counterfeit-coin scam has been rumbled by scientists in Italy. But no one is going to jail, because the forgers lived more than 2,000 years ago.
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