Coins Falls on Russia As Treasure ‘Erodes’
Puzzled collective , farmers have learned why it rained silver coins in the ancient little village of Meshcera, near Gorky, July 16. The farmers gathered several of the oval-shaped silver pieces, about the'size of a large fish scale, which poured on thepi during a violent thunderstorm.
Archaeologists, to whom they brought the coins, identified them as late 16th century pieces and the theory was advanced that they were part of an undiscovered ancient treasure exposed by erosion and sent flying by the storm. One professor said other, heavier valuables and also utensils probably remained. Search is expected to begin soon.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 13138, 12 September 1940, Page 3
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