Mina vs. Shekel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mina and Shekel
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Mina
A varying unit of weight or money used in ancient Greece and Asia.
Shekel
Shekel or sheqel (Akkadian: ??? šiqlu or siqlu, Hebrew: שקל, plural שקלים sheqalim or shekels, Phoenician: ???) is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams (0.39 oz)—and became currency in ancient Tyre and ancient Carthage and then in ancient Israel under the Maccabees.
Mina
Alternative spelling of myna
Shekel
Any of several ancient units of weight, especially a Hebrew unit equal to about a half ounce.
Mina
(historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
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Shekel
A gold or silver coin equal in weight to one of these units, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.
Mina
(historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent.
Shekel
Variant of sheqel.
Mina
An ancient weight or denomination of money, of varying value. The Attic mina was valued at a hundred drachmas.
Shekel
A coin.
Mina
See Myna.
Shekel
Shekels Money.
Mina
Tropical Asian starlings
Shekel
A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.
Shekel
(slang) Money.
Shekel
(historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.
Shekel
An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
Shekel
A jocose term for money.
Shekel
The basic unit of money in Israel
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