'Coins' in the Bible
Then a destitute widow came and dropped in two small copper coins, worth about a cent.
"Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn't she?
He called ten of his servants and gave them ten coins. He told them, "Invest this money until I come back.'
The first servant came and said, "Sir, your coin has earned ten more coins.'
"The second servant came and said, "Your coin, sir, has earned five coins.'
"So the king told those standing nearby, "Take the coin away from him and give it to the man who has the ten coins.'
Then he saw a destitute widow drop in two small copper coins.
After making a whip out of cords, he drove all of them out of the Temple, including the sheep and the cattle. He scattered the coins of the moneychangers and knocked over their tables.
Moreover, many people who had practiced occult arts gathered their books and burned them in front of everybody. They estimated their value and found them to have been worth 50,000 silver coins.