Scales, and rumors, it seems, are often used by coin merchants.
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One of the central coins on Gor is the golden tarn disk of Ar, against which many cities standardize their own gold piece.
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Other generally respected coins tend to be the silver tarsk of Tharna, the golden tarn disk of Ko-ro-ba, and the golden tarn of Port Kar, the latter particularly on the western Vosk, in the Tamber Gulf region, and a few hundred pasangs north and south of the Vosk's delta.
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The merchant then looked at the thief.
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"I will have him taken to Port Cos," he said, "where there are praetors".
Sometimes, too, coins are split or shaved.
Further, the debasing of coinage is not unknown.
Scales, and rumors, it seems, are often used by coin merchants.
One of the central coins on Gor is the golden tarn disk of Ar, against which many cities standardize their own gold piece.
Other generally respected coins tend to be the silver tarsk of Tharna, the golden tarn disk of Ko-ro-ba, and the golden tarn of Port Kar, the latter particularly on the western Vosk, in the Tamber Gulf region, and a few hundred pasangs north and south of the Vosk's delta.
The merchant then looked at the thief.
"I will have him taken to Port Cos," he said, "where there are praetors".
- (Rogue of Gor, Chapter )