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<p>[QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 2540170, member: 81896"]Excellent theory about the Wise Men! Now you've done it, Doug! I've been fighting the temptation to purchase Parthian coins. I'm afraid my resolve is crumbling!!! LOL!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The only books I'm currently reading related to the subject are Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins Fifth Edition and Ya' Akov Meshorer's Sylloge Nummorem Graecorum Part 6 Palestine-South Arabia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The likelihood of actually owning a coin that was touched by one of the Saints is extremely unlikely but infinitesimally possible. It's similar to the highly unlikely belief that we have when we purchase a lottery ticket. It's really the dream and the hope of winning 200 million dollars that we're paying for. The beauty of the Judaean coins is that we will never know with certainty whether or not the coin we are holding is one that was carried around in Saint Peter's pocket. So the dream and hope continues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Deacon Ray, post: 2540170, member: 81896"]Excellent theory about the Wise Men! Now you've done it, Doug! I've been fighting the temptation to purchase Parthian coins. I'm afraid my resolve is crumbling!!! LOL!!! The only books I'm currently reading related to the subject are Hendin's Guide to Biblical Coins Fifth Edition and Ya' Akov Meshorer's Sylloge Nummorem Graecorum Part 6 Palestine-South Arabia. The likelihood of actually owning a coin that was touched by one of the Saints is extremely unlikely but infinitesimally possible. It's similar to the highly unlikely belief that we have when we purchase a lottery ticket. It's really the dream and the hope of winning 200 million dollars that we're paying for. The beauty of the Judaean coins is that we will never know with certainty whether or not the coin we are holding is one that was carried around in Saint Peter's pocket. So the dream and hope continues.[/QUOTE]
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