• toynbee@lemmy.world
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    When I was a kid I read a story - possibly Encyclopedia Brown? - wherein a counterfeiter got caught trying to sell a counterfeit coin labeled “50 B.C.” or similar. They got caught because the coin manufacturer wouldn’t have known it was B.C.

    Lemmy has unlocked a lot of childhood memories I didn’t know I had and this is one of them.

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        I mean… it’s not really a testament to anything. Encyclopedia Brown is a fictional children’s detective series