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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7940755, member: 19463&quot;]Yes, but weights of genuine coins vary and certain burial conditions leech out some weight so yo need to interpret weight results carefully. Fourrees become obvious with core exposure showing after a little wear.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374382[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The original thought of this being the type used for the Tribute Penny was based on the fact that Tiberius only used a couple types during his long reign and this one was by far the most common. If the story actually happened in 30 AD, it had been 15 years since this coin was begun and that is a lot of denarii.&nbsp; Opponents to this selection point to the lack of hoards in Jerusalem of these coins and prefer a number of other coins both Roman and Provincial.&nbsp; There is even one of the Gospels that did not make the final cut when the New Testament was codified that specifies the coin was gold.&nbsp; The Bible is full of metaphorical stories that illustrate a teaching that not all Christians insist on being literally factual so they believe that the question of what coin is meaningless since the story was fabricated to illustrate the point being made not to record the whole truth.&nbsp; For our purposes, the fact is that this particular coin is known to collectors and New Testament readers over the years as &#039;the&#039; Tribute Penny and quite a few of them are willing to pay more for one than just any other denarius.&nbsp; People enjoy the thought that they may be holding the coin that Jesus held even though the scripture says it as shown to him rather than handed over.&nbsp; As told in the Scriptures, Jesus was not a user of cash money.&nbsp; The chances that the fingerprints on any given coin are His make a million to one look like a sure thing.&nbsp; My fourree above weighs 3.0g.&nbsp; With the amount of wear and peeling it shows, I&#039;d call that a heavy one. I have two solid TP&#039;s which weigh 3.5g and 3.0g respectively.&nbsp; The type has several variations (style of chair legs for example) and weigh variance is to be expected.&nbsp; Most mints were less concerned with having each coin be exactly the same weight than they were of producing a specified number of coin from a pound of metal.&nbsp; Weight certainly is an important feature in numismatics BUT it is one to interpret rather than worship. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1374389[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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