A farmer in Lokipar, Madhya Pradesh, uncovered a stash of coins that date back to when Britain ruled India.

Shailendra Dubey was digging a tin shed when he found the pot of coins. Upon inspecting the metal, he discovered that they were made around 1904 and had Queen Victoria on them.

Police and a local archaeology team were informed about the discovery and a team is investigating to see if any other items are at the spot.

A farmer stumbled upon a pitcher full of old coins from the British rule while digging his field in central India's Madhya Pradesh.

This happened in Lokipar village of Narsinghpur district of the state on September 5.


Visuals showed the coins which were retrieved from the farmer's field. Shailendra Dubey, the farmer has a temple in his field and was digging a tin shed nearby when while digging, he came across this pot of coins.

Upon taking it out, Dubey found out that the pitcher was full of silver coins from the British era, dated to around 1904 and had impressions of Queen Victoria with Rs 1 written. As per a report, the local police were informed about this and they rushed to the spot to confiscate the property. The archaeology team also reached the spot on September 6 and have been investigating to see if there are more such coins available in the area. News of this discovery reached far and wide and people came from different areas to take a look at these old coins.