Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 140 | You were View more quotes about thus">thus not being defrauded in that manner. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 137 | "I was afraid," he said, "when you brought it in, that you were the victim of an expensive and cruel hoax. |
| 1 | 138 | I had thought perhaps you had paid a great deal of money for this, before having its authenticity ascertained. |
| 1 | 139 | On the other hand, it was given to you. |
| 1 | 140 | You were thus not being defrauded in that manner. |
| 1 | 141 | As you perhaps know coins can be forged, just as, say, paintings and other works of art can be forged. |
| 1 | 142 | Fortunately these forgeries are usually detectable, particularly under magnification, for example, from casting marks or filing marks from seam joinings, and so on. |
| 1 | 143 | To be sure, sometimes it is very difficult to tell if a given coin is genuine or not. |
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"I was afraid," he said, "when you brought it in, that you were the victim of an expensive and cruel hoax.
I had thought perhaps you had paid a great deal of money for this, before having its authenticity ascertained.
On the other hand, it was given to you.
You were thus not being defrauded in that manner.
As you perhaps know coins can be forged, just as, say, paintings and other works of art can be forged.
Fortunately these forgeries are usually detectable, particularly under magnification, for example, from casting marks or filing marks from seam joinings, and so on.
To be sure, sometimes it is very difficult to tell if a given coin is genuine or not.
- (Kajira of Gor)