COINS OF THE BIBLE
TALENT – A TALENT OF GOLD WAS WORTH ABOUT $29,000.00.
(II KINGS 23:33)
A TALENT OF SILVER WAS WORTH ABOUT $1,000.00.
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE TALENT WAS A SILVER ONE AND WORTH ABOUT $1,000.00. (MATTHEW 18:24)
POUND—THE POUND CONTAINED 100 DRACHMAS AND WAS WORTH ABOUT $16.00. (MATTHEW 25:14-30) (LUKE 19:13-25)
PIECE OF MONEY (SHEKEL) – A SILVER COIN WORTH ABOUT 80 CENTS. (MATTHEW 17:27)
TRIBUTE MONEY (HALF SHEKEL) – A COIN WORTH ABOUT 36 CENTS, THE SUM REQUIRED FOR THE TEMPLE TAX. (MATTHEW 17:24)
PIECE OF MONEY (SILVER COIN) – A GREEK SILVER COIN WORTH ABOUT 18 OR 19 CENTS. (LUKE 15:8)
PENNY, DENARIUS, COIN – A ROMAN SILVER COIN IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES WORTH ABOUT 18 CENTS. (MATTHEW 18:28) (MARK 6:37)
(LUKE 7:41) (REVELATION 6:6)
IT WAS THE PAY FOR A DAY’S LABOR. (MATTHEW 20:2-13)
FARTHING, PENNY – THE “KODRANTES” WAS EQUAL TO TWO MITES, (MARK 12:42), OR ABOUT ¼ OF A CENT. (MATTHEW 5:26) THE ASSARION WAS WORTH ABOUT 1 ½ CENTS. (MATTHEW 10:29)
MITE – A SMALL SILVER COIN WORTH ABOUT 1/8 OF A CENT. IT TOOK TWO MITES TO MAKE A FARTHING. (MARK 12:42) (LUKE 12:59).