Does Anyone Know What This Could Be?

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elithefirst New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 07/15/2021 9:57 pm i found it on the ground and I tried a few different coin recognizer apps and nothing similar came up so I was hoping someone here might know anything about it. Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 07/15/2021 10:01 pm I think you will get an answer pretty soon. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 07/15/2021 10:21 pm Reproduction of a widow's mite. You can buy them by the bag for about $20. Great if you teach Sunday school. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 07/15/2021 10:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 07/15/2021 10:32 pm Correct. It's a machine-struck mass-produced replica of an ancient Judaean lepton, or prutah, the coin mentioned in the Biblical story of the Poor Widow's Offering. As mentioned in various other forum posts where these enigmatic replica coins keep appearing, they are sold in bulk by religious supplies stores. Here's one on Etsy selling a bag of 50 of them for US$13. These replicas are rather poorly designed, and quite flat - they appear to have their design derived from a photograph or drawing of a mite, rather than an actual coin. Genuine "Widow's mites" are fairly common, but are not as cheap as their common-ness would ordinarily see, because of that "biblical coin" connection. 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
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 07/16/2021 02:50 am to CCF! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188415 Posts	Posted 07/16/2021 09:29 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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