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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1004297, member: 26302&quot;]Temple taxes were only payable in half shekels of Tyre, no other coins. You could not even pay a shekel for two people, it had to be two half shekels for two people. This is the reason for money changers outside the temple to get the correct coinage to pay the tax.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right that Petra is fascinating, but I think the reporter just heard tetradrachm and wrote Petra drachm incorrectly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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