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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1730714, member: 19463&quot;]I will never forget seeing (years ago) a bag containing at least 1000 Tribute Pennies owned by a wholesale dealer.&nbsp; All were half decent coins.&nbsp; The reason for the TP tag being on this coin is that Tiberius made fewer different types of denarii than any other ruler so the denarii made for the two decades before the Bible story date would have been mostly this type.&nbsp; Certainly many coins older than 20 years would still be in circulation and the story works equally well for a coin of Caesar Augustus or Julius Caesar or any Roman head (all Romans looked alike to non-Romans???).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact remains that there are a million Christians who are hopeful that the TP in their collection is the one mentioned in the story - not the type but the actual coin.&nbsp; Thousand&#039;s of Christian pastors own a TP and a pair of &#039;Widow&#039;s Mites&#039;.&nbsp;&nbsp; (Few have 30 pieces of silver since that is a real chunk of change.)&nbsp; Prices are set by demand and there is more demand for the million TP&#039;s in existence than a rare denarius of many rulers.&nbsp; You have to decide which you will buy with your money.&nbsp; I agree, Tiberius bronzes are better for the money but I do own both.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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