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<p>[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 7941008, member: 92212"]Just as a point of interest and comparison, below is the original KJV version of these verses from Matthew 22 before it was updated and re-updated:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374481[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But more on point in regards to the question of the "Tribute Penny" (whatever coin it may have been), I agree 100% with the view already expressed above by others that the term "Tribute Penny" is used more as a sales tactic than a point of fact. (Same is true with "Widow's Mites" and "Coins of the Magi".) After all, there are several <i>possibilities</i> for what coin type it may have been, and in truth we do not have sufficient information today to ever know.</p><p><br /></p><p>And lest this thread lead further into re-discussions on the subject, please see the <u><b>many</b></u> other CoinTalk threads about this, most of which are referenced here:</p><p><b><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-tribute-penny.379663/#post-7480522" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-tribute-penny.379663/#post-7480522">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-tribute-penny.379663/#post-7480522</a></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="philologus_1, post: 7941008, member: 92212"]Just as a point of interest and comparison, below is the original KJV version of these verses from Matthew 22 before it was updated and re-updated: [ATTACH=full]1374481[/ATTACH] But more on point in regards to the question of the "Tribute Penny" (whatever coin it may have been), I agree 100% with the view already expressed above by others that the term "Tribute Penny" is used more as a sales tactic than a point of fact. (Same is true with "Widow's Mites" and "Coins of the Magi".) After all, there are several [I]possibilities[/I] for what coin type it may have been, and in truth we do not have sufficient information today to ever know. And lest this thread lead further into re-discussions on the subject, please see the [U][B]many[/B][/U] other CoinTalk threads about this, most of which are referenced here: [B][URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-tribute-penny.379663/#post-7480522[/URL][/B][/QUOTE]
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