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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1658161, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;m sure this discussion has occurred before, but coins of the Bible would be a fascinating collection, if anyone had the means to assemble it. There are a few passages in the Old Testament in which coins are mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ezra 2:69</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1 Chronicles 29:7</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Daric was a gold coin first issued by Darius I, after Cyrus took Sardis and Asia Minor became a Persian possession. The Daric and its silver counterpart, the Siglos, were the first coins to depict a human being.</p><p><br /></p><p>Example of a Daric (not mine)...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s21.postimage.org/52ubvxenb/daric1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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