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Authorities Seize 250 British-Era Silver Coins Found at Beed Construction Site

The cache consists of 1941 One Rupee pieces in pure silver weighing about 4 to 5 kilograms.

Overview

  • Children playing on excavated soil in Sangvi (Patan) village uncovered an earthen pot of coins on Saturday.
  • The landowner stopped the children after some pocketed coins, recovered them, and alerted officials.
  • Officials from the Kada police station and the revenue department seized the cache and placed it in custody at the Ashti tehsil office.
  • Ashti tehsildar Vaishali Patil confirmed a total of 250 coins and described their composition as pure silver.
  • Villagers are urging an Archaeology Department inspection, with unverified local talk suggesting some coins could be unaccounted for.