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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3276455, member: 26302"]Just for clarity, I believe it is well accepted that the lepton is the "mite" from the bible. In fact, ancient bibles refer to a lepta in the story. A mite was a tiny dutch coin, the smallest in circulation at the time of King James. A prutah was valued at 2 lepta. So while both were current coins at the time, someone wanting a true widow's mite should get a lepton (or two). Luckily, they are very inexpensive coins. They would be near junk if it weren't for the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3276455, member: 26302"]Just for clarity, I believe it is well accepted that the lepton is the "mite" from the bible. In fact, ancient bibles refer to a lepta in the story. A mite was a tiny dutch coin, the smallest in circulation at the time of King James. A prutah was valued at 2 lepta. So while both were current coins at the time, someone wanting a true widow's mite should get a lepton (or two). Luckily, they are very inexpensive coins. They would be near junk if it weren't for the story.[/QUOTE]
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