MIn Their HandsCoin Detectives
Lesson · Grades 3–4 · Real or Replica? · Coins as evidence
Coin Detectives
Why this matters
A coin made by a real ruler, in a real year, is a witness. It helps show that the Gospel happened in real places, among real people.
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By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
- read an ancient coin as evidence: who made it, when, and what it helps show
- use the clues experts use to tell a genuine coin from a fake
- put the coins of the New Testament in time order
- Go deeperexplain why a genuine coin is stronger evidence for the Gospel than a replica
James Tissot (1836–1902), Brooklyn Museum