Mystery Token; Please Help. (Id: Modern Replica Of Judean Prutah)

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PointArenaMan New Member United States 33 Posts	Posted 05/31/2020 4:11 pm I gave up years ago trying to ID this one. This time I'm asking for help. Please help me with this token by IDing it for me, if you can. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16874 Posts	Posted 05/31/2020 7:03 pm The design is clearly based on an ancient Jewish coin, struck during the Maccabean era; something not entirely unlike this coin of king Judah Aristobulus, circa 100 BC. Genuine coins are of course much cruder than this piece, which appears to have been machine-struck. The design seems to have been copied from old drawings of the coins, rather than an actual coin. As for who made it, when, or why, I have no idea. Perhaps it was made as a replica "widow's mite", to be given away in a church or Sunday School setting, though the coin it copies is a prutah, worth two "widow's mites" (lepta). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
PointArenaMan New Member United States 33 Posts	Posted 05/31/2020 9:42 pm I am grateful Sap, for the time and effort put into my request. Very well said. Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
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