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naturally some of these would arguably be invoked easier through a more luxurious sacrifice. Allegedly.
Jews made this into a huge business, of course. One of the few (maybe the only real) theocracies, the priesthood demanded fat animals you'd have to procure for good money and thus grew very rich. And fat.
We know that the sacking of the temple brought forth astonishing amounts of gold for the Romans.
Those priests really knew how to play on their audience's fears.
But that's not what sacrifice is about.
You cannot buy the God's influence just as you cannot hope to influence fate.
A golden coin is no better than a symbolic one (it should fit, though).
So when ancient jewry was smashed and they looked for new opportunities, the idea to make money + control from sin was still fresh in their memory. The new diaspora became money lenders, lawmen, scribes and bureacocracy. And clergy, which turned out to be the fulcrum of the whole venture.
