‘True love’: Kanpur paan seller collects Rs 1 lakh in coins for years to surprise wife with gold chain

The man has been identified as 22-year-old Abhishek Yadav, who runs a paan shop near HAL Colony in Kanpur’s Ramadevi area. His shop sees constant footfall, and “most of them,” Yadav said, “pay with Rs 10 coins.” Instead of exchanging them for currency notes, he began saving them with a purpose.

Yadav, married for just a year, had long wished to gift his wife something special. He decided a gold chain would be the perfect surprise and started putting aside coins for it. When his wife recently left to visit her parents, he felt it was the ideal time to finally make the purchase.

On November 1, Yadav reached jeweller Mahesh Verma’s shop carrying the two sacks. Verma, who also heads a local traders’ association, recalled being completely taken aback.

“I was shocked initially when he (Abhishek) put the bag on the counter and said that it had coins worth more than Rs 1 lakh,” Mahesh told Deccan Herald. After counting, they discovered that Abhishek had brought 5,290 coins of Rs 20 each, a total of Rs 1.05 lakh.

The gold chain Yadav had chosen was priced at Rs 1.25 lakh. Verma told him he could pay the remaining amount in installments. The two spent over two hours counting and bundling the coins before Verma accepted the payment and placed the order.

“The chain will be ready in a few days,” the jeweller confirmed. Yadav admitted he never imagined he could afford such a gift, especially with today’s soaring gold prices.

“I’ll present it to her when she returns from her parents’ house,” he said.

A Kanpur Paan sellar saves ₹20 Coins daily to buy ₹1 Lakh Gold Chain as a surprise Gift for his Wife.

JEWELLER : I was SHOCKED. It took more than two hours to count all the coins 😳

MAN : I’ll present it to her when she returns from her Maayka ♥️ pic.twitter.com/Dr0nMX6htj

— News Algebra (@NewsAlgebraIND) November 23, 2025

The incident sparked a wave of reactions on social media, with a user commenting, “Now that’s true love and patience rolled into one. Proof that little daily efforts can create the biggest surprises,” a user wrote. “Nice story, if this guy had come to me with this, I’d have asked to go to bank and get notes!” another user commented.

“This is called a true love! He worked hard and saved money just to gift her a jewellery! Such pure heart gold people are very less in this world,” a third user reacted.