Re: I was left with a profound and vivid insight into whatever it was the parable was about
From: Gary Heston (gheston_at_hiwaay.net)
Date: 03/20/05
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Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:56:22 -0000
In article <Jdk%d.2212$Ab.993@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Ken Johnson <kenneth.johnson.NO@SPAMblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>"Kent Paul Dolan" <xanthian@well.com> wrote in message
>news:1111343909.396274.138530@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>> [...] a "talent" is a _Greek_ coin, worth
>> [...] about 4/3rds of an ounce
>Almost exactly gbp 300, so my guess was out by a factor of five, and
>probably not really enough to set yourself up in business.
Might want to check on the cost of setting up a business during
that time period. 1.3oz advp of gold was a good sized chunk of
money in that day.
> However, your
>scholasticism answers another question which occurred to me: why would
>anyone have buried couns in the ground, when the currencies in use in the
>area changed from year to year? No problem, it seems: gold is more readily
>exchangeable than some obsolete, foreign trust currency.
[ ... ]
Gold is gold, and always has its' intrinsic value. However, coinage was
pretty much valued by weight for precious metals; making coins instead
of finger-sized ingots was both convenient and satisfied a rulers' vanity.
Bronze coinage got away from the intrinsic value of metal somewhat, but
was pretty much traded by size, no matter which country minted it.
I have a few bronze Roman coins. They're pretty cheap, these days.
Gary
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