[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

Despite what the author claims, I very much doubt if these were minted for paying the rank and file.

[zzwhale]

25/1 RATIO

interesting

so....today
is silver worth $48

or

is GOLD worth $375

or
ARE BOTH UNDERPRICED
yep.....
WHAT ABOUT THE $19+ trillion debt.....
when does that get factored in...????
WHEN DOES REALITY SET IN..???

[Blood of Tyrants]

A certificate of appreciation in exchange for one of the rarest gold coins ever found? Jeez, what a bunch of cheapskates.

[Ciexyz]

Btt

[Ancesthntr]

I’d have parted with the coin...for a monthly stipend. Otherwise, it gets sold. This is not something of tremendous religious or historical significance (its not like we had doubts about Roman occupation of ancient Israel at that time), so its just a coin that’s worth a bunch of money. Were it something with David’s or Solomon’s seal on it that’d be another matter.

[Defiant]

"When the Romans didn't have, for some reason, their regular silver coins to pay soldiers, they would pay three coins every quarter to the soldiers instead of the regular 75 silver coins," Ariel said. "But when the Roman soldier received this coin, what could he do with it? He couldn't buy anything in the market, in town. It was far too much money."

And......that's how Jews got into banking.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin, see also Israeli hiker finds rare, 2,000-year-old gold coin.