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Mysterious Gold Coin Found At Portsmouth Bank

Portsmouth police are searching for the owner of a gold coin.

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Portsmouth police are searching for the owner of a mysterious gold coin that found its way to a Portsmouth bank in September. 

According to The Sakonnet Times, an old coin, worth about $300 to $500, was found in a coin-tumbling machine at BankNewport on Turnpike Avenue. 

A bank employee later turned the coin over to police, reports The Sakonnet Times. 

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Police are now looking for the coin's owner. For more information or to claim the coin, call Portsmouth's detective division at (401) 683-0994.

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