India, Oct. 12 -- A pastor from Telangana bought a two-wheeler using 12,300 ten-rupee coins. He made the Rs 1,23,000 payment exactly at 10:10:10 am on the 10th day of the 10th month this year.

Ravi Joseph, a pastor from Luxettipet village in Mancherial district, Telangana, has been saving Rs 10 coins in a box from the leftover change after buying vegetables, groceries, bus tickets and other items. He started saving the coins in 2023 after shopkeepers, vendors, refused to accept them.

Joseph told The Pioneer that around four or five years ago, people were not used to accepting Rs 10 coins, believing they were not valid. "So, I started saving the Rs 10 coins around three years back, mostly from the leftover change after buying vegetables ...