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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1731693, member: 19463&quot;]Certainly there is always room for discussion as to what coin is truly the &#039;one&#039; but the standard tax coin is usually the Melkart, Tyre model.&nbsp; Whether you are a Christian believer and accept the literal necessity of the Bible description being accurate in every respect or if you realize that the Gospel writers had better things to worry about that details like the type of coin required for the story, you may allow different sets of possibilities.&nbsp; The identity of the Tribute Penny, for example, is not a matter of whether Jesus held that exact coin but that millions of readers of that story have accepted the traditional assignment and made a market demand based on that belief.&nbsp; Certainly it is possible that any of the mentioned coins or other large silvers might fill the bill.&nbsp; If you allow for the story being allegorical rather than absolutely literal, there may not have been a specific coin in your belief.&nbsp; It makes no matter what coin did or did not serve a role in the Bible but only that modern collectors will have to pay more for certain types for reasons that you may or may not find reasonable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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