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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2838422, member: 39&quot;]A few days ago, an eight year old girl from Israel made it to the news because she had found a coin. Big deal? Well ...</p><p><br /></p><p>That girl (named Hallel) found the piece, liked it, and kept it. A couple of weeks later, her sister saw the coin, the two told their father about it, and Dad asked an expert who is a historian but not a numismatist. This guy said the coin that Hallel found may be a half shekel minted shortly before the year 70 (Jewish Revolt) but since only one side was legible, providing more precise info would be tough.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, finding such an old coin from a historically important period is something. And something that will be reported. The headline in the Times of Israel newspaper for example was &quot;8 year old girl stumbles upon ultra-rare 2000 year old half shekel&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wow. Great. Even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted something about the find on Facebook. Except ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday it turned out that Hallel&#039;s find is a souvenir piece which children can on certain occasions make at the Israel Museum. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is an exact replica of an ancient half shekel but made from a lead alloy, and one sided only.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the original story, with an updated intro ... <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-year-old-girl-stumbles-upon-ultra-rare-2000-year-old-half-shekel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-year-old-girl-stumbles-upon-ultra-rare-2000-year-old-half-shekel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesofisrael.com/8-year-old-girl-stumbles-upon-ultra-rare-2000-year-old-half-shekel/</a></p><p>... and a link to the new article about the find: <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/too-good-to-be-true-8-year-olds-rare-coin-not-an-ancient-artifact/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/too-good-to-be-true-8-year-olds-rare-coin-not-an-ancient-artifact/" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesofisrael.com/too-good-to-be-true-8-year-olds-rare-coin-not-an-ancient-artifact/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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