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Accordingly, in allotting decisions amongst slaves to chance a low-denomination coin is preferred, this symbolic of the slave's worthlessness, even if she is a high slave who might actually sell for golden tarn disks. - (Renegades of Gor, Chapter 24, Sentence #693)

It was quite possibly no accident that a copper tarsk had been used. It is not merely that it would be, in virtue of its commonness, the most likely coin for such a purpose, but, rather, that custom prescribed its use in such contexts. Goreans tend to be very sensitive to matters of ritual, tradition, custom, symbolism, and such. Accordingly, in allotting decisions amongst slaves to chance a low-denomination coin is preferred, this symbolic of the slave's worthlessness, even if she is a high slave who might actually sell for golden tarn disks. This symbolism, that of the low-denomination coin, would not be lost on the two girls, as both were Gorean. An Earth-girl brought to Gor, on the other hand, might be in her collar a year or more and have had perhaps two or three masters before she comes to understand the potent symbolism of this, that such a humble coin is used. But then, later, as her Gorean sisters have already, from their culture, she will come to understand the significances of such things. - (Renegades of Gor)