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The Utility of the Onti and Limnah
Title
The Utility of the Onti and Limnah
Publication Type
Chart
Year of Publication
1999
Authors
Welch, John W. (Primary), and Welch, Greg (Primary)
Number
8-112
Publisher
Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
City
Provo, UT
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Abstract
While the Nephite system of weights and measures was not based on a decimal system, as are all modern currencies, it was more efficient, for example, than the system of coinage used today in the United States. As this chart shows, under Mosiah's system (see Alma 11:1–19) the onti and limnah were worth seven times a senum of silver or senine of gold. This enabled consumers in Nephite society to use fewer weights to weigh out or purchase more measures of grain than if they had been using the decimal system.Mosiah
Money
Gold
Silver
Onti
Limnah
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