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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2681426, member: 76194&quot;]The fact that they are so plentiful that you can get them cheap,&nbsp; hold mass marketing campaigns, and sell them at grossly inflated prices by the boatload to gullible people with little knowledge of numismatics, and plenty of coin to pay for these &quot;sacred coins&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with the coin we call the &quot;Tiberius Tribute Penny&quot;. Why that one and not another Tiberius Denarius? Or why not an Augustus Denarius which would have also been circulating there at the time? Or why not a provincial tetadrachm of Tiberius or Augustus?&nbsp; <b>Simple</b>, because that is a common issue and can be readily marketed and sold at overinflated prices to people who lack numismatics knowledge, but have pockets full of coin ready to be spent on what they believe to be a sacred coin held by Jesus himself.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Bible doesn&#039;t tell is the actual coins used in either case. But if there&#039;s one thing I&#039;ve learned as a believer, it is that there are tons of people who profess faith, but are nothing but scammers waiting to rip off their fellow believers. I&#039;ve probably been the victim of such scams in the past too when I was a more fervent follower. I&#039;m still a believer, but more careful about the stuff people try to tell me I need, especially when it involves me departing with ready coin and them pocketing said coins, to be spent on God knows what.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless of whether the OP coin is the true widows mite or not, it is still a nice and interesting coin, and I&#039;m glad I made purchase of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologise if I offended anyone. I&#039;ll leave it at this and won&#039;t tread further for fear of running foul of the graces of our mediators on this forum.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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