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unusual facts about zuz


Zuz

Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll is the special operations group of the German customs service


Gerah

It was originally a fifth of a Denarius/zuz, as seen in Exodus ("20 gerah is a shekel"), then became a sixth of a denar/Zuz, such as the Yehud coins which came in two denominations, approximately .58 gram as a ma'ah and approximately .29 gram as a half ma'ah (chatzi ma'ah), and (.58


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