SILVER. This Metal does not appear to have been in Use before the Deluge; at least, Moses says nothing of it; he speaks only of the Metals of Brass and Iron: But in Abraham’s Time it was become common, and Traffick was carry’d on with this Gen. xiii. 2.Metal. The Scripture observes, that this Patriarch was rich in Gold and Silver, and that he bought a Sepulchre for his Wife Sarah for four hundred Shekels of Silver. This Silver was not coined, according to all Appearance, but was only in Bars or Ingots; and in Commerce it was always weighed. See the Article MONEY.
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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Silver,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/silver/.