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Why you can not always trust Wikipedia! This is why teachers tell you it is NOT a source! by bigdeej

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Why you can not always trust Wikipedia! This is why teachers tell you it is NOT a source!
I was looking up the meaning of "30 pieces of silver" and clicked to wikipedia's page on the subject. Take a look at this:

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> At spot valuation of $17.06/oz (the closing price on Monday, December 12, 2016), 30 "pieces of silver" would be worth between $185 and $216 in present-day value (USD).
> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_pieces_of_silver

Now if you can do basic second grade math you would know that $17.06/oz x 30 coins = $511.80! That is more than double what the "high" price quoted in this wikipedia post is ($216). This may only be a small oversight, but it still proves that you must verify your sources before using them!
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@kpreddy · (edited)
Wikipedia can be edited by anyone lol😂😂.... that's why teachers don't recommend it to use for reference....
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@takowi ·
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The spot sprice for silver is in troy ounce. As in the article stated.
>There are 31.1035 grams per troy ounce.

One coin does not weigh 1 oz of pure silver. They have between 0.423 oz (Tyrian shekels) and 0.361 oz (staters from Antioch) pure silver per coin.

30 coins of Tyrian shekels * with 0.423 oz of pure silver * 17.06$/oz = 216.4914$

30 coins of staters from Antioch * with 0.361 oz of pure silver *  17.06$/oz = 184.7598$

But nevertheless this method is highly inaccurate, because it just takes the today silver price, not the actual buying power. Back then 99,99% pure silver wasn't possible to make and way harder to find and mint.
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@bigdeej ·
The way you said it actually makes sense. The article implies that the oz is a troy oz and using the spot price they offer there should be no range. I like your explanation a lot better, it is far more accurate. You should add that to that page, it would make it far clearer! Unless otherwise specified, I assume when someone says oz of precious metals (such as silver), they mean troy oz.
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