Mohammad Shah was the Mughal Emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was the grandson of Bahadur Shah (first) (Bahadur Shah) and was popularly known as Mughal Shah Rangeela. The gold coins of his tenure have been recovered by the Maharashtra Police. The coins were found during foundation excavation in Pimpri Chindwad area of Pune (Pune news).
Pimpri Chinchwad police of Pune Maharashtra has recovered 216 gold coins and a bronze vessel from two construction workers and a vegetable vendor. The material written on the back of the cans has revealed that the coins belong to the 18th century. The workers got these coins three months ago during the excavation of the foundation of a building in Chikhali. The value of the coins has been estimated at around Rs 1.3 crore.
Krishna Prakash, Commissioner of Police, Pimpri Chinchwad, said that prima facie investigations revealed that the coins were the currency of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah of the 18th century. The coins are of the period 1720–1750. He said that these coins had ‘Shah’s currency’ inscribed in Arabic and Urdu.
Controversy over the sharing of coins
The police commissioner said that the two construction workers, their relatives, the vegetable vendor did not disclose the receipt of the coins. They were preparing to sell them.
However, they had a dispute among themselves over the sharing of coins. Due to the dispute, someone gave secret information to Jamie Tamboli, Constable of Crime Branch. We recovered the coins before they were sold or melted.
Vegetable vendor brought the father-in-law and brother-in-law 3 months ago The
Commissioner of Police said that the vegetable seller of Chikhali had brought his father-in-law and brother-in-law to Pune from Parbhani district for construction work about three months ago.
While the excavation work was going on for an earthen work, the seller’s father-in-law and brother-in-law found some gold coins. They brought the coins home and showed them to the vegetable seller.
Coins extracted on the second day
, the next day, all three went to the same site. When no one was around there, they dug back and took out the broken bronze vessel buried there. The gold coins held in it weighed about two kilos. Inspector Shailesh Gaikwad of
Plan Crime Branch, who had been planning for three months, said he wanted to sell the gold coins, but did not know who to contact. We recovered the coins before they could do anything further. Coins and bronze vessels have been handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India. The recovered items are kept in Satara’s museum.
Mohammad Shah was the Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was the grandson of Bahadur Shah (I) and was known among the people as Muhammad Shah Rangeela.
