http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-112808-Gold-rush-in-Makran
The
News International [Pakistan]
6
June 2012
By Naimat Haider
KARACHI/TURBAT:
Thousands of old one-rupee coins were sold for millions of rupees in the Makran
region on Tuesday in what became a ‘gold rush’ in the area. Throughout the day,
people spent their time looking for the humble golden-coloured coin which was
being sold for as much as Rs1,000 in some cases -- though no one quite knew
why. It was rumoured later in the day that it was being smuggled to Iran
which was buying it because “it contained uranium”. Regardless of whether or
not there was any truth in the story, the frenzy persisted all day.
“I had heard another rumour
in the morning that jewellers are buying it because it’s full of gold,” said
Murad Baloch, a beggar in Turbat. [...]
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-112855-Coin-jackpot-myth-hits-Karachi
The
News International [Pakistan]
7
June 2012
Ammar
Shahbazi
Karachi -- If you have a handful of old one-rupee copper
coins stashed away in a dusty drawer or a piggy-bank, congratulations! You
could soon become a millionaire. That is, if you believe some of the wild
rumours circulating in the city. [...]
http://tribune.com.pk/story/390859/wild-goose-chase-the-real-worth-of-one-rupee/
Express Tribune [Pakistan]
9 June 2012
By Fazal Khaliq
SWAT: The one-rupee coin might be much more
valuable than it seems, or at least that is what many in Swat have been led to
believe. Rumours that the coins contain gold caused a stir in Swat Valley,
with people clamouring to get their hands on it, some paying as much as Rs50 to
Rs100 for a single coin. [...]
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-113713-Golden-one-rupee-coin-is-worth-hundreds-in-Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
The
News International [Pakistan]
11
June 2012
Javed
Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: Can anyone believe that a one-rupee coin is being
sold here in the provincial capital and many other districts of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa against Rs200 and more? [...]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9326752/Pakistan-frenzy-over-gold-rupee-coins.html
The
Telegraph [UK]
12
June 2012
By
Rob Crilly, Islamabad
How
much is a one rupee coin worth? Up to 2500 rupees if you believe the rumours
sweeping Pakistan
that the humble coin had inadvertently been made with gold instead of the usual
tiny percentage of copper. [...]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/06/13/the-pakistani-1-rupee-coin-is-worth-more-than-1-rs/?ss=strategies-solutions
Forbes
[US]
13
June 2012
Tim
Worstall
This
is an amusing story from Pakistan.
A rumour has taken hold that the old 1 rupee coin is worth substantially more
than the 1 rupee face value due to the metal content. Thus people are
purchasing them at higher than face value and then trying to pass them along.
What
amuses me about the story is that it is in fact true that the coins are worth
higher than face value: but for very different reasons than those that are
floating around. Indeed, I can see a plausible explanation for how the whole
rumour started. [...]
