"RAIN " OF SILVER
Puzzled collective farmers iu Soviet Russia learned the other day why it “ rained ” silver coins in the ancient little village of Meshcera, near Gorky, on July 16 (writes the Moscow correspondent ot the ‘ New York Times ’). The farmers gathered several of the oval-shaped silver pieces, about the size of a large fish scale, after a indent thunderstorm. Archaeologists, to whom they took the coins, identified them as late sixteenth 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 heavier valuables probably remained. Search is expected to begin soon.
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Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 2
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110"RAIN" OF SILVER Evening Star, Issue 23702, 9 October 1940, Page 2
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