Small Italian coins–valued at five lire and 10 lire–bearing an engraved swastika, have recently shown up in a number of localities in northern Italy, government authorities here revealed today. Efforts are being made to confiscate the swastika-emblazoned coins and to trace makers and distributors of the defaced money pieces, police here said.
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