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What is a Daric?
        DAR'IC
        , the name of a Persian gold coin, which is translated "dram" in 1 Chr 29:7; Ezr 2:69; Ezr 8:27; Neh 7:70-72. The name comes from the Persian word dara, "a king." like the English sovereign. It was the common gold-piece of the Persian empire. It was current in Palestine under Cyrus, and Artaxerxes Longimanus. It weighed about 128 grains Troy, and was worth about five dollars. Besides the gold there was a silver daric, worth about fifty cents. There is no mention of this latter coin in the Bible. See Measures.


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Schaff, Philip, Dr. "Biblical Definition for 'daric' in Schaffs Bible Dictionary".
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