Coins Of The Biblical Realm

In the famous challenge to his kingship, Jesus Christ has given to us this now memorable Biblical statement:

“Render unto Caesar, the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. . . ”

We know that he was referring to the coin of the then Roman realm under which the Jews were obligated to pay tribute.

But have we actually seen images or replicas of the coins then in use? Christ mentioned Caesar because we now know that the image of Caesar was in one of those coins.

And as ardent practitioners of Christianity, we have learned of the other coins mentioned in Holy Scriptures. We have read about the stater, the denarius, the shekel or half-shekel, and even of the drachma. And yes, the poignant widow's mite.

Now, we can actually assign images to these terms that we so often encounter in our readings of Holy Scripture.

Here’s the place. Images come from the same site.

Monopoly Has No Monopoly

Indeed, the game of Monopoly has no monopoly in the issuance of high denomination currency.

Think 100,000 dollars, US dollars that is, as one denomination.

The US as late as January 9, 1935 printed and issued such a denomination as a gold certificate. Okay, so it was not really intended for general circulation.

But what about 10,000 US dollars in gold certificate issued as late as 1934?

And there’s more: in 500, 1,000, and 5,000 denominations.

Read more and learn which ones are still in circulation. Or learn how they looked and why they were issued.