<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I've seen them for sale priced according to the price of silver that day<br><br><div style="text-align: left;direction: ltr; "><br></div></div><div><br>ב-Apr 11, 2013, בשעה 13:06, Micha Berger <<a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a>> כתב/ה:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:26:05PM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>I just got a piece of spam advertising pidyon haben coins for $235. </span><br></blockquote><span>...</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Is this in any way for real?</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>They are seling them as hiddur mitzvah, not iqar hadin. And as such,</span><br><span>I think there is a point. Purity of minted coins rarely matches their</span><br><span>face value, something I believe the CI warned about. These are worth a</span><br><span>sheqel by dint of their weight alone. And, two of their options do have</span><br><span>face value (for those who hold it needs one).</span><br><span></span><br><span>A sheqel is 11.76 (Rashi) to 14.16 (Rif) gm. Their smallest coin is 20.</span><br><span>So you're overbuying. Also, their cheapest option is $235 / 26gm, which</span><br><span>is well above the $23.09 silver value.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I would go with finding your own pretty coin.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tir'u baTov!</span><br><span>-Micha</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Micha Berger Today is the 16th day, which is</span><br><span><a href="mailto:micha@aishdas.org">micha@aishdas.org</a> 2 weeks and 2 days in/toward the omer.</span><br><span><a href="http://www.aishdas.org">http://www.aishdas.org</a> Gevurah sheb'Tifferes: What type of discipline</span><br><span>Fax: (270) 514-1507 does harmony promote?</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Avodah mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Avodah@lists.aishdas.org">Avodah@lists.aishdas.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.aishdas.org/listinfo.cgi/avodah-aishdas.org">http://lists.aishdas.org/listinfo.cgi/avodah-aishdas.org</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>