{"id":1514,"date":"2009-12-03T14:54:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1514"},"modified":"2009-12-03T14:54:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T14:54:51","slug":"tiberius-denarius-&amp;-the-widows-mite-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1514","title":{"rendered":"Tiberius Denarius &amp; the Widow's Mite on Ebay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nI've been aiming for Tiberius Silver Denarius and the Widow's Mite on Ebay lately.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe number of bids makes me wonder who and why are they bidding. Are most of them Christians? Coin collectors? Relics admirer like that of the Eastern Orthodox, even Catholics? Or simply for use in Sunday School?\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese questions aside, It is good to note that the average going rate for Caesar's penny is from $100 to $200, while the Widow's mite goes from $6 to $40 depending on quality.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI would say Caesar's pennies are more well preserved than the widow's mites making it more sought after. It can even go up to $700 a piece, a price I wonder if anyone would take.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNot being a millionaire, I would rather wait. Patience is a virtue here. Pictures will do them justice for me for now.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTiberius' Penny (Luke 20:22, etc.)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a id=\"res_232\" href=\"http:\/\/scholars.homeip.net\/blog\/gallery\/1\/TiberiusPenny.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/scholars.homeip.net\/blog\/gallery\/1\/previews\/TiberiusPenny.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Caesar 14 AD - 37 AD\nShow Me a Penny, whose Image and superscription has it? ... Luke 20:24\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWidow's Mite (Mark 12:42, etc.) The widow gave two of these\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a id=\"res_233\" href=\"http:\/\/scholars.homeip.net\/blog\/gallery\/1\/WidowMite.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/scholars.homeip.net\/blog\/gallery\/1\/previews\/WidowMite.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Mark 12:42\nThe widow threw in two of these.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I've been aiming for Tiberius Silver Denarius and the Widow's Mite on Ebay lately. The number of bids makes me wonder who and why are they bidding. Are most of them Christians? Coin collectors? Relics admirer like that of the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1514\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}