{"id":197198,"date":"2026-03-26T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=197198"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:26:19","slug":"kashmiris-rally-behind-war-hit-iran-auction-50-paisa-coin-for-rs-17000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/26\/kashmiris-rally-behind-war-hit-iran-auction-50-paisa-coin-for-rs-17000.html","title":{"rendered":"Kashmiris rally behind war-hit Iran, auction 50 paisa coin for Rs 17,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news24online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kashmir.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kashmir's piggy banks and gold: Child's 50-paise coin fetches Rs 17,000 in  emotional Iran relief auction\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: In a bold show of solidarity with Iran, Kashmiris have raised over Rs 3 lakh for the war-hit nation through an auction drive in Srinagar&#8217;s Mir Behri locality, defying India&#8217;s alignment with US and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the highlight of the drive was a 50 paisa coin, out of circulation for years, which fetched a staggering Rs 17,000. The coin belonged to a 5-year-old boy who donated his piggy bank savings to the cause.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The emotions were palpable as people bid for the coin, finally settled by Javaid Ahmad Sufi,&#8221; said Nasir Ahmad, a local. Sufi humbly stated, &#8220;It was the Grace of Allah that I got it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The donation drive saw an outpouring of generosity, with women donating gold jewelry, copper utensils, and livestock. Children also pitched in, donating their savings and pocket money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: In a bold show of solidarity with Iran, Kashmiris have raised over Rs 3 lakh for the war-hit nation through an auction drive in Srinagar&#8217;s Mir Behri locality, defying India&#8217;s alignment with US and Israel. According to Kashmir Media Service, the highlight of the drive was a 50 paisa coin, out of circulation for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197198"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197199,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197198\/revisions\/197199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}