Bible Dictionary
Coin
Before the Exile, Israelites commonly used weighed pieces of silver and other precious metals rather than regularly stamped coins. The shekel served as a standard of weight and value.
Biblical Usage
Biblical accounts describe silver and gold being weighed, including shekels, talents, and pieces of silver. Some pieces may have been rings or uncoined objects of a fixed weight, and the kesitah may have been a shaped or marked piece of silver.
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