Israeli Coin? | Replica/Fantasy Ancient Judaean

hah! wonderful story. when my mother in law introduced this coin to me she was curtain she had struck oil. after reviewing it and others like it, I knew something was fishy about it. one thing was the condition of it. I couldnt imagine a 2000 year old coin found in a few inches of top soil near a tractor barn here in east texas could be in such great shape. second, although hebrew text looks like nothing more than chicken scribble to me I could see a difference between it and others like it.

i must say the knowledge between all of you on this forum is absolutely amazing, and I appreciate you taking the time to help me out. you cant imagine how many hours I spent rummaging through photos and pages of history trying to get an exact id on this thing.

although the coin drove me nuts for two days I must say its been very educating and very interesting. and although I'm relieved to know what it is, I must say I'm almost sad the quest is over, lol.

couple questions for curiousity...
How much was the face value of the coin?
How much would this be worth now, if it were the real thing?
And why would people go through the trouble of replicating such a thing, and in doing so why would they use modern hebrew versus ancient hebrew? I would think anyone who could read or write hebrew can tell the difference.. maybe the coin was meant to be identified as a replica?

anyways thanks again for the help and great history lesson, its actually been a lot of fun. now, time to go burst a bubble! :D

It's hard to pinpoint when the changeover took place between the written "ancient Hebrew" & "modern Hebrew."

But to clarify, "modern Hebrew" is not exactly "modern." It's about 2,300 years old, whereas "ancient Hebrew" as a written language is significantly older than the Torah & the Ten Commandments, which was over 3,300 years ago.

According to Jewish tradition, Hebrew was the very first language of mankind. Likewise, Hebrew is considered to be the one language spoken by the united mankind before the dispersion connected with the Tower of Babel, about 3,765 years ago.

This "ancient Hebrew" is "officially" called "Paleo-Hebrew." This lasted till about 1,875 years ago. This is around the time of the coin in question & is the script of the coin in question.

After this came the evolving into "Aramaic, " which lasted from about 3,000 years ago till about 1,600 years ago. Hence an overlap. Then came "modern" Hebrew, which came about 2,300 years ago until present times.

According to contemporary scholars, the Hebrew alphabet is a stylized form of the Aramaic alphabet, from which it descends and evolved from during the period around 2,300 years ago. Prior to this, Hebrew was written in the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet by the ancient Israelites,

If anyone wants to shed more light on this, feel free.

so how much is this replica worth

I have a very similiar coin and would like to know where you found it and what you know about it if you don't mind.

Thanks
Bluecrab

Just found two of them lucky I remembered this posting thank you guys for being memorable didn't have to stress about it, just searched for Hebrew tree here at CCF
nice! looks just like OP pics.
one is half the thickness of the other which has nice patina with just a touch of green trapped at the bottom of very sharp details and weights 5.13 Grams

You'll have to post a photo of the coin.

I know the post is over 5 years old but I have recently come by one of these Fake/replica coins. I would like to ask if anyone knows what year the fakes were made , and if the fakes have value ? Some fakes could be as old as modern Hebrew. Someone also told me this theory of the coin, That Robert Tilton famous TV Minister of the 1980's out of Dallas TX was giving away these coins with his prayer requests through the mail. Which would date them to the early 1990's if true. Anyone with other input please respond

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