Coin Collector

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You are a coin collector.

A foreign coin collector offers you an old Hebrew coin for $2000. You have a great liking for Hebrew coins, so you decide to find more about the coin. The foreign collector sends you a photo of the coin.

The coin has some symbols and a Hebrew word at the bottom which is interpreted as "Created in 247 BC".

You immediately declined the offer. Why?

There are no letters in Hebrew The coin is a fake coin Hebrews did not use coins There was no Hebrew language in 247 BC

Shenal Kotuwewatta by Shenal Kotuwewatta , 21, Sri Lanka

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Nathan Blanco
Jul 20, 2014

The coin is a fake due to the date printed on it. Nobody knew when Christianity would begin, so unless these Hebrew can predict the future, then there is no possible way for them to have created something for an unheard of event yet to happen.

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Michael Mendrin
Jul 23, 2014

During the Ptolemaic period, most coinage minted and used by the Jews were in Greek. A very rare few used Hebrew. Still rarer are coins that say, "247 BC". In fact, no such coin with a "Before Christ" has ever been found. Experts are likely to deem this one as a fake.

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