You Don't Want to Not Be Patriotic, Get the Coin.

The two rabbis, brent hillel and shami hillal and shamai were split on the issue. Shami pharisees would have claimed that this is an issue of idolatry. The other group s going to say, do it and i kill you em. So notice the trap they set for jesus. They sent the disciples to him along with the herodians. He's either going to look like a compromising idolater, but jesus is a brilliant teacher.