[Palter]

'a team of police personnel, the revenue officials rushed to the village and took possession of the coins'

Dam, ping.

[cripplecreek]

Has Anthony Wiener demanded an investigation yet?

[kbennkc]

If I found a pot full of gold coins, I would notify the authorities too because I know it would be some kind of a sting.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Dam, a 100% tax on the coins. The Indian revenuers must have taken lessons from Stalin, Mao, and Obama.

[Poison Pill]

Along with a team of police personnel, the revenue officials rushed to the village and took possession of the coins

Some things transcend countries and cultures.

[RedWhiteAndBlueBlood]

Yeah...ummm...we’re gonna have to go ahead and ask you to fill out a form 1099 for those gold coins...sorry, it says so in the health care bill. What’s that? This was in India? Doesn’t matter. The health care bill says you have to fill out a form 1099 for any gold coins bought or sold in the U.S. or as a result of an ancient discovery in India. It sucks I know.

[PGalt]

WOW! Thanks for posting.

[Jet Jaguar]

Note.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

When I was in the Army in Germany, there was a group of Brothers from Abbey Gruessau, who had been displaced by the Nazis and then the Russians and were in residence at the disused Catholic cathedral in Bad Wimpfen. In digging for restoration and gardening they had unearthed a several small caches of Roman Coins, which collectively were a rather large cache. (The site, on the Neckar River had been the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the Third Century).

The chaplain to the brothers was our Catholic chaplain and he kept the coins rather casually in a drawer in his desk, which he showed me. I really wished he hadn’t shown or told me about it, because God knows who else must have known. I have no idea what the local authoritues knew or thought of the situation.

[SunkenCiv]

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[hosepipe]

Democracy = democrats stealing all the GOLD....

[UCANSEE2]

Those are some MIGHTY SMALL GOLD COINS.

[org.whodat]

Along with a team of police personnel, the revenue officials rushed to the village and took possession of the coins, each weighed around 400 milligrams.

Damn, must be the Indian division of the IRS.

[Rebelbase]

"A villager stumbled upon an earthen pot containing the coins ...revenue officials rushed to the village and took possession of the coins"

"Now I'm really pissed!"

[LegendHasIt]

Just another illustration of why:
When you find a treasure, just shut up about it, and keep it hidden away or sell it secretly.

[Joe 6-pack]

India Bump :-)

[Lancey Howard]

NO WAY would I contact scumbag government if I found a treasure on my property.
This story makes me sick.

[Textide]

“Yes, tax official. There were 7440....I mean, 744 gold coins that we found.” At least I hope they did that. ;)

[TexasRepublic]

“revenue officials”

Who do they think they are, FDR?

[chit*chat]

It was a nice gesture on the family’s part to share with their neighbors.