US DEBT CLOCK - 9/01/24
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https://x.com/maerox/status/1830365525756846429?s=46&t=KbeHKcWo9iYbqqIySY5EJA
Shekels from Tyre were the only currency accepted by the jewish religious leaders at the Jerusalem Temple...
"To pay the temple tax, devout Jews were compelled to exchange their regular currency for the βblasphemousβ silver coinage of Tyre. To facilitate this, a thriving market of money changers set up shop in the temple courtyards and charged hefty commissions for their services. Since Jews wishing to pay the temple tax had no alternative but to pay their inflated rates to obtain Tyre shekels and half shekels..."
https://coinsandhistoryfoundation.org/2021/03/30/blood-money-the-shekel-of-tyre/
Blood Money – The Shekel of Tyre – The Coins & History Foundation
The silver tetradrachm (shekel) struck by the mint at Tyre features prominently in several pivotal events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth as documented in the New Testament. It is likely to be the coin that Jesus told his disciple Simon Peter that he would find miraculously in the mouth of a fish. ..
https://coinsandhistoryfoundation.org/2021/03/30/blood-money-the-shekel-of-tyre/
I'm trying to translate the Latin words on the side and here is my best:
Jerusalem, the holy city of Judea. And to all the East, far and wide, the greatness and magnificence of this is very visible to us.
