Beed, March 3 As many as 250 silver coins from the British era were recovered from a construction site in Beed district, Maharashtra, after a group of children discovered the relics while playing, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at Sangvi (Patan) village in Ashti tehsil on Saturday when the children playing at the site discovered an earthen pot buried in a mound of excavated soil, an official said.
Mistaking the Re 1 coins for play tokens, the children broke the pot and began collecting them, but the landowner intervened and alerted local authorities, the official added.
"We have seized a total of 250 silver coins dating back to 1941. The coins are made of pure silver and weigh between 4 and 5 kg," said Ashti tehsildar Vaishali Patil.