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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4363867, member: 97383&quot;]Kevin, The weight of Jewish War shekels varies a great deal especially on Year 3 coins. I don&#039;t know if this was from clipping or a dwindling supply of metal to work with. CNG has a Year 2 shekel in their feature auction 114 with a weight of 13.84 gm. I&#039;ve seen them as low as 13.25 gm, &amp; rarely over 14.20 gm. One thing is for sure, they are of unusually high purity for coins of that period. Robert Deutsch, in his book <b>Jewish Coinage During the 1st Revolt Against Rome </b><i><b>66 - 73 CE</b></i>, states after metallurgy tests the war shekels were 98 - 99% pure silver <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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