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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Deacon Ray, post: 2681534, member: 81896&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><font size="4">I agree that there are other bronze coins that could qualify as Widow&#039;s Mites. I think the star and anchor symbols make the Janneaus lepton and prutah the popular choices however. Although the anchor symbol predates Christianity—Christians have adopted the anchor as a symbol of Hope and Salvation. The symbol that we call an anchor today is actually a &quot;Mariner&#039;s Cross&quot; and is considerably different from the Levantine anchor on the prutah. The star symbol of course represents the Star of Bethlehem. Let me add that I don&#039;t agree with the popular belief that the Jannaeas coins were the Widow&#039;s Mites. They could be. Whatever they were is not important to me. I use them only as a teaching tool. I give them away to folks who I think could benefit from the lesson. I don&#039;t sell them.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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