Notes on The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew (Author Bishop Richard Challoner (ed.))
17:24 The didrachmas: A didrachma was half a sicle, or half a stater; that is, about 15d. English: which was a tax laid upon every head for the service of the temple.
Original Douay-Rheims from Project Gutenberg - Massive cleanup of OCR problems and editing done locally.