Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 10 | 163 | In the southern hemisphere, the coinage of mighty Turia serves a similar purpose. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 160 | Too, coinages, certainly gold and silver, are often weighed when the coinage is of one city and the transaction takes place in another. |
| 10 | 161 | This is sometimes done even when the coinage has been minted in the same city in which the transaction takes place, apparently because of the possibility of a private debasement of coins, the shaving of coins, and such. |
| 10 | 162 | In the northern hemisphere of Gor it is common to standardize weights against the silver and gold coinages of Ar, the silver tarsk of Ar and the golden tarsk and tarn of Ar. |
| 10 | 163 | In the southern hemisphere, the coinage of mighty Turia serves a similar purpose. |
| 10 | 164 | "Five copper tarsks," said the man. |
| 10 | 165 | "But consider her lineaments," said the dealer, "her flanks, her wrists, her shoulders, her throat". |
| 10 | 166 | "I am not looking for a pleasure slave," he said. |
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Too, coinages, certainly gold and silver, are often weighed when the coinage is of one city and the transaction takes place in another.
This is sometimes done even when the coinage has been minted in the same city in which the transaction takes place, apparently because of the possibility of a private debasement of coins, the shaving of coins, and such.
In the northern hemisphere of Gor it is common to standardize weights against the silver and gold coinages of Ar, the silver tarsk of Ar and the golden tarsk and tarn of Ar.
In the southern hemisphere, the coinage of mighty Turia serves a similar purpose.
"Five copper tarsks," said the man.
"But consider her lineaments," said the dealer, "her flanks, her wrists, her shoulders, her throat".
"I am not looking for a pleasure slave," he said.
- (Plunder of Gor, Chapter 10)