Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 52 | 754 | That is why money changers commonly rely on scales, at least for gold and silver. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 52 | 751 | "More than four times as much," he said, "as Brundisium counts tarsks". |
| 52 | 752 | I knew there were considerable differences in coinages from city to city. |
| 52 | 753 | Gorean polities are fiercely independent, and many are substantially isolated from the others. |
| 52 | 754 | That is why money changers commonly rely on scales, at least for gold and silver. |
| 52 | 755 | For example, in some cities there are eight tarsk-bits to a copper tarsk, and in others, such as Brundisium, a major commercial port, a hundred tarsk-bits to a copper tarsk. |
| 52 | 756 | These divisions, it seems, might facilitate subtle distinctions in pricing and trading. |
| 52 | 757 | "What would I go for on the open market?" I asked. |
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"More than four times as much," he said, "as Brundisium counts tarsks".
I knew there were considerable differences in coinages from city to city.
Gorean polities are fiercely independent, and many are substantially isolated from the others.
That is why money changers commonly rely on scales, at least for gold and silver.
For example, in some cities there are eight tarsk-bits to a copper tarsk, and in others, such as Brundisium, a major commercial port, a hundred tarsk-bits to a copper tarsk.
These divisions, it seems, might facilitate subtle distinctions in pricing and trading.
"What would I go for on the open market?" I asked.
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 52)