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To: SunkenCiv

Article says shekel is 11.07 grams

Wikipedia says is 11.42 grams.

So did a shekel get heavier over time?

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17 posted on 01/29/2024 7:53:23 PM PST by algore
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To: algore

Wikipedia has been getting lighter.


18 posted on 01/29/2024 8:05:56 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: algore

Maybe back then they used troy grams?


19 posted on 01/29/2024 8:37:00 PM PST by algore
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...So did a shekel get heavier over time?

Even back then they had inflation. Coins would be minted with less silver in them as time went on. Kind of like how pennies went from copper to copper coated zinc.

20 posted on 01/29/2024 9:16:15 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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