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Shekel

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Among the ancient Hebrews originally a weight, and eventually the name of a coin of gold or silver, or money of a certain weight, the silver = 5s. per oz., and the gold = £4.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shekel'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/shekel.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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