* Modern
analysis shows that seons of gold are an amalgam of about 66% gold,
32% copper
and 2% silver, antimony and arsenic
(for hardening), with traces of mercury.
* "And a limnah
of gold was the value of them all." (stated in Alma, of the Book of Mormon)
* "And an onti
was as great as them all". -- Some Mormon Scholars have communicated to Translated-correctly.com
that these Almic references indicate that limnas and ontis
could be exchanged for any and all coins whatsoever, as well as for a
number of day's wages, and for any measure of barley.
| Perhaps Joseph Smith, in translating
the Golden Plates took a lesson from another prophet, Mohammed.
Mohammed said in (Sura 4:11-12 and 4:176 Qur'anic inheritance law):
When a man dies, and is leaving behind three daughters, his two parents
and his wife, they will receive the respective shares of 2/3 for the 3
daughters together, 1/3 for the parents together [both according to
verse 4:11] and 1/8 for the wife [4:12] which adds up to more than the
available estate. A second example: A man leaves only his mother, his
wife and two sisters, then they receive 1/3 [mother, 4:11], 1/4 [wife,
4:12] and 2/3 [the two sisters, 4:176], which again adds up to 15/12 of
the available property. More |
Newly discovered Mormon archeological evidence (The Plates of Laman)
verified the existence of other Lamanite (early Mormon) coinage:
(1) A yoni of gold
= 1 day's wages
(2) 144 ontis of silver = 2002
olys of iron *
(3) A senine of
gold and Silver = 202 senines of Silver
(4) A
Heh-ku-kau-beam of Iron = a measure of shiblons
Modern scholars ponder the significance of the notable absence of copper and
brass coins. Copper, silver and zinc mines (Brass is a mixture of copper an
zinc) and smelters were present in abundance in pre-Colombian America.
*
Archeologists have not
yet been able to find the iron and steel mills in the pre-Colombian Americas. Iron
and steel are mentioned in many places in the Book of Mormon. Many of theses smelters have
been found in all parts of the world, except in the Americas.
What is a mina of gold;
a mina of silver? |
