A handy guide to Jewish coins

The coins of the Jews ought to provide an interest for the collector, as few other series can. Whatever his own religion may or may not be, the life and religion of Israel have profoundly moulded the standard of morality in the great nations of modern civilization. A study, then, which throws any light upon the history of " the chosen people " is worthy the attention of a cultured man. Hebrew monuments and inscriptions are singularly few. The Stele of Mesha and the inscription of Siloam practically exhaust them '. Outside the Bible, and possibly Joseplms, the history and antiquities of the Jews are a sealed letter to most people. A practically universal ignorance of Hebrew among coin collectors shuts the door upon Jewish literature at first-hand. Nor is the prospect of immediate enlightenment very brilhant. Islam is in possession of the Holy Land ; and the Crescent is raised above the most sacred spots on earth.

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CONTENTS

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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

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