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Old Testament Coinage

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Old Testament Coinage is cited in the Bible, and it is helpful to know what the coins were, their weight, and their value. Before the invention of coinage, precious metals were used as part of a barter system. Money became popular during the seventh century B.C., but it never completely replaced the old system. From early times, gold, silver, and copper had been popular exchange items. Gradually, a system of standardization developed. The metals were weighed out and quality checked. Some of the names of metal weights became the names of coins, which at first were roughly circular and impressed with a seal. Their weight seldom exceeded that of the silver or gold shekel. After heating and melting the metal, the coiner would then hammer the metal into a small flat planchet of metal. It was

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Old Testament Coinage is cited in the Bible, and it is helpful to know what the coins were, their weight, and their value. Before the invention of coinage, precious metals were used as part of a barter system. Money became popular during the seventh century B.C., but it never completely replaced the old system. From early times, gold, silver, and copper had been popular exchange items. Gradually, a system of standardization developed. The metals were weighed out and quality checked. Some of the names of metal weights became the names of coins, which at first were roughly circular and impressed with a seal. Their weight seldom exceeded that of the silver or gold shekel. After heating and melting the metal, the coiner would then hammer the metal into a small flat planchet of metal. It was then heated again to almost red hot so that it could receive an impression from the bronze dies which would create the design on the coin. A heavy mallet was used by the coiner to strike the images from the dies onto the metal disc. This crude method of striking coins guaranteed that no two were alike (ChristCoins.com). Under the Law of Moses, Israelites avoided making graven images of God's creations, especially people and animals. Therefore, those kinds of images were absent from their coinage.