יז מיתיבי
17 and it was prepared<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By mutilation, so that it could not pass as an ordinary coin. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> for use as a weight, it is [liable to become] unclean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a coin, it is not subject to uncleanliness; but when employed as a weight, it is regarded as any other article of use, which is liable to become unclean. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> How much may it depreciate that it shall still be permissible to keep it? In the case of a <i>sela'</i>, up to two <i>denarii</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' =a shekel, as stated above. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> [When it is worth] less than this, it must be cut up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As it might be passed off as a shekel, Kel. XII, 7. ');"><sup>34</sup></span> What if [it is worth] more than this? R. Huna said: if worth less, it must be cut up, and if worth more than this, it must [also] be cut up.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., once it depreciates so much that overreaching is involved, even if its value exceeds a shekel, it must be mutilated, so that it shall not be offered as a sela'. ');"><sup>35</sup></span> R. Ammi said: If worth less, it must be cut up; but if worth more than this, it may be kept [as it is]. An objection is raised: