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The disadvantage of carrying the coins visibly is that their obvious presence might encourage buffeting and theft, particularly where slaves are concerned. - (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 68, Sentence #458)

This is not that unusual or unseemly; slave girls, and even many free persons, often carry coins in the mouth. Slave tunics lack pockets and so, too, do most Gorean garments, a prominent exception being the tunics of craftsmen. A slave girl shopping, for example, will almost always carry the buying coins in her mouth, or clutched in her hand, perhaps wrapped in a handkerchief or, in the case of some coins, threaded on a string. The disadvantage of carrying the coins visibly is that their obvious presence might encourage buffeting and theft, particularly where slaves are concerned. Most free Goreans will carry a purse, or wallet, usually slung on a string, strap, or cord, commonly attached to a belt, or girdle. Some thieves are proficient a cutting such attachments, or, even, the purse or wallet itself. "What are you doing?" I asked my master. - (Plunder of Gor)