A talent of gold is about 75 pounds, and today, gold is sold for $A1586 per ounce, so 1 talent would be worth 75 x 1200 x 1586 which equals $A142,740,000.
It is interesting to note that King Solomon received annually, 666 talents of gold into his kingdom, (2Chronicles 9.13)
A standard talent is equal to seventy-five pounds. The price of gold as of September 2014 is approximately $1240 an ounce. There are 12 troy ounces in a pound. That means a talent of gold would be worth $1,116,000 (one million, one hundred sixteen thousand dollars US). Now simply find the price of gold today and multiply it by the 75 pounds and then by 12 (for troy ounces per pound) to get a current answer.
The word "talent" had two meanings to the Romans. One was a monetary unit, the other was for an ability. If you were using "talent" meaning, say, three talents of gold, you would use the word talentum. If you meant a faculity or an ability such as, a talent for singing, you would use the words, ingenium, indoles, or facultas.
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The Talent was a unit of measure used in ancient times in the Middle East. The largest unit of measure, it was the equivalency of about 75 pounds. The actual value varied and scholars place it anywhere from $1,000 to $30,000 today. That would be 1316 troy ounces of gold, almost $1.5 million dollars today. For a silver talent it would be $22,424.
A talent of gold is estimated to be approximately 75 pounds.
One talent of gold is approximately two hundred pounds, which is equivalent to four hundred and forty kilograms. If one had one talent of gold, one would not be able to lift it without a crane.
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I would assume you had a typo and misspelled talent, spelling it talen.The talent was a unit of weight invented by theGreekswhich was also adopted by the Romans. The Attic (Greek) talent was 27 kilograms (57 pounds). The Roman talent was 32.3 Kilograms (71 pounds). The talent itself had no value. What had value was the material which wasweighed. Originally, the talent was used to measure the amount of silver that defeated cities had to pay as war indemnity. Later, the talent was also used to weigh gold.Thevalueof a talentdependedonwhetherit was a talent of gold or a talent ofsilverand on the time in history. The Roman Empire lasted for many centuries and the value of gold and silvervariedgreatly over time.One talent, depending on how much an ounce of gold is valued, is approximately (nowadays) $840,000 - $850,000.
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It wieghs about 94 pounds.
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Price of gold changes many times during the day. Oct 15,2009 $1015.00 oz.
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It was the equivalent of what it is today $5000
This is a difficult question to answer as the Talent varied depending upon the area in which it was used. As an example, the Babylonian Talent (as used in the Old Testament) was equivalent to 30.3 kg whereas in the New Testament, what was known as the 'Common talent' was equivalent to only 58.9 kg.And, as the Talent was a unit of weight rather than of currency, its actual worth depended upon whether or not it was a Talent of silver or of gold.Whatever its form, the Talent, transferred to a weight of gold or silver, was an extraordinary amount of money.If we assume a New Testament talent of gold, this represents 58900 grams of gold. At today's prices (April 2011) one gram of gold is worth about US$ 46 (or £28 approx). This means that 120 talents of gold are $46 x 58900 x 120.This is $325,128,000 or £197,904,000.