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New Member
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It about 10mm width and 13mm in length , ive tried to take a better picture, hope this helps!  |
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New Member
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ive no idea why the picture just rotated!
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Moderator
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Probably rotated if you used the camera on your phone and held the phone vertically. Try holding your phone horizontally (that is with both hands). Any chance of a pic of the back of this piece?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Those pics are better! I have taken the liberty of rotating, enlarging, and enhancing them here. I'm still thinking a prutah, although the lack of any detail on the reverse is disappointing. With that said, there are others here who are much more knowledgeable about Judaica and may be able to discern more.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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CCF Advertiser
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Im so sorry , hopefully these are better!   |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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ahh widows mite does ring a bell! thank you so much for the help :)
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Does anyone know how to clean? or should I leave it as it is?
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Moderator
United States
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should I leave it as it is? Since it was your dad's, I would leave it exactly the way it is. The numismatic value may be pretty low, but the emotional value may be higher. I see a jeweler's mark on the clasp so the setting (and the chain) may be gold. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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New Member
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Your so right, I'm going to leave it exactly as it is, thank you all so much for the help. x
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Moderator
United States
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 to the community My first impression was that it is a Widows Mite (Prutah) as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Always fun to watch an identification develop at this forum.
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The 'widows mite' is typically one of these, at least to the modern collectors market:  This, I think, is a prutah of John Hyrcanus, like this:  The back would read, in hebrew, '[John Hyrnacus] the high priest, and the council of the Jews'. The front is crossed cornucopiae and, as suggested, a pomegranate. These were issued in Jerusalem from 135 BC to 104 BC. |
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