Talk:Shekel

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So Judas' "30 pieces of silver" would be Tyrian shekels? I always thought they would be Roman denarii, or possibly Hellenistic drachms/tetradrachms... Do we have any sources for that? --Svartalf 22:43, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Zionist Shekel

I got here from World Zionist Organization Page which had a link titled Zionist Shekel (or something similar) and stated that you had to something like purchase a Zionist Shekel in order to vote as a member of the World Zionist Organization ? It sounds to me like something like a poll tax token was being described...I may have misread this though. Well, I guess if this is the case then there needs to be a disambiguation page. John5Russell3Finley 22:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronounciation of plural

The plural of shekel (in Hebrew) is shkalim not shekalim. The spelling in hebrew doesn't change (שקלים) but the sheva under the shin isn't pronounced (at least not in modern Hebrew). The article should be updated to include this. --Belfry 03:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)