In Luke 15:1 - 10, then, the two points are made: the shepherd leaves the ninety - nine sheep to seek out the lost one, and rejoices
when it is found; the woman drops everything else to seek out the one lost coin (the coin mentioned is probably a Greek
drachma, literally worth sixteen cents, but in actual purchasing power many times more than that), and rejoices with her friends
when it is found.
When I visited Athens I bought beautiful bracelets with
drachma, a now defunct currency, and stayed at a hotel that doesn't exist any more.