Million-dollar coin returns to Israel

A Judean quarter-shekel silver coin (one of only two in existence) was returned to the State of Israel in ceremony in New York. It was minted in 69 CE by the Jewish leaders of the Great Revolt (66-73 CE) as a declaration of independence by the Kingdom of Judea from the Roman empire.

https://www.jns.org/extremely-rare-judean-quarter-shekel-coin-repatriated-to-israel-from-the-us/

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