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<p>[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1571965, member: 41665"]<font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Low-information interpretations/ translations suffer 'dumbing down for the masses.' Go to the Vulgate or better yet, the original Greek for the correct data (primary source.)</font></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://studybible.info/compare/Revelation 6:6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://studybible.info/compare/Revelation 6:6" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue"></span></a></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://studybible.info/compare/Revelation 6:6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://studybible.info/compare/Revelation 6:6" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: blue"></span></a><span style="color: #222222">{Link Edited my Juan Blanco, for respect of Terms}</span></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"></font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">G5518 χοινιξ (A CHOENIX)....G4621 σιτου (OF WHEAT).... G1220 δηναριου (FOR A DENARIUS)</font></font></span><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">A <i>silver </i>Denarius from Domitian's Reign was never 'worth a penny' in King James' time or thereafter. (In 1611, a Troy ounce of Gold was worth £3.73 and Silver per Troy Ounce £0.25, or 1:14.92). Discounting for bullion and assuming no numismatic value, at the weight of 3.0 grams pure Ag the Domitian Denarius was intrinsically worth <i>nearly a Sixpence </i>(5.79 Pence = say, 2 Half-Groats, a Penny and a Ha'penny)<i> ; the Sixpence of James I </i>weighed ~3 grams.</font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">By the time of King James I, the English standard "penny" however was only ~0.5 grams.</font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">The King James I Sixpence:</font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">[ATTACH=CONFIG]215334[/ATTACH]</font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><br /></font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">The King James I Penny:</font></font></span></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">[ATTACH=CONFIG]215336[/ATTACH]</font></font></span></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1571965, member: 41665"][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#222222][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial]Low-information interpretations/ translations suffer 'dumbing down for the masses.' Go to the Vulgate or better yet, the original Greek for the correct data (primary source.)[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][URL="http://studybible.info/compare/Revelation 6:6"][COLOR=blue] [/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=#222222]{Link Edited my Juan Blanco, for respect of Terms}[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial][FONT=Arial] G5518 χοινιξ (A CHOENIX)....G4621 σιτου (OF WHEAT).... G1220 δηναριου (FOR A DENARIUS)[/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Arial] [FONT=Arial]A [I]silver [/I]Denarius from Domitian's Reign was never 'worth a penny' in King James' time or thereafter. (In 1611, a Troy ounce of Gold was worth £3.73 and Silver per Troy Ounce £0.25, or 1:14.92). Discounting for bullion and assuming no numismatic value, at the weight of 3.0 grams pure Ag the Domitian Denarius was intrinsically worth [I]nearly a Sixpence [/I](5.79 Pence = say, 2 Half-Groats, a Penny and a Ha'penny)[I] ; the Sixpence of James I [/I]weighed ~3 grams. By the time of King James I, the English standard "penny" however was only ~0.5 grams. The King James I Sixpence: [ATTACH=CONFIG]215334[/ATTACH] The King James I Penny: [ATTACH=CONFIG]215336[/ATTACH][/FONT][/FONT][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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