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A moment problem on [0,1] in which infinitely many moments are equal

Suppose $\mu$ and $\nu$ are two probability measures on $[0,1]$. Let their $n$-th moments be denoted by $\mu_n$ and $\nu_n$, respectively, for $n \in \mathbb{N}$.

If we know that $\mu_n=\nu_n$ for infinitely many $n$, can we conclude that $\mu=\nu$?

One way to resolve this would be to see if $\{ x^n \mid n \in S \}$ with $|S|=\infty$ is dense in the set of continuous functions $C[0,1]$. Is such a set always dense?