Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 237 | The tarsk-bits of Brundisium, however, were individual tiny copper coins, either small disks or tiny droplets of copper. |
| 3 | 238 | Given such vagaries, and the shaving of coins, particularly those of more precious metals, scales are often used in transactions, certainly in a polity's "Streets of Coins". |
| 3 | 239 | Fortunes, I have been told, have been made in speculating on the shifting, comparable values of these diverse coinages. |
| 3 | 240 | The double tarn, of gold, minted in the city of Ar, is usually accepted as the single, most valuable coin on gor. |
| 3 | 241 | Many cities in the northern hemisphere, even cities hostile to Ar, supposedly, privately, use Ar's "Gold Tarn," the single Tarn, to rank, standardize, and value their own currency. |
| 3 | 242 | Unfortunately this coin, bearing only, by proud tradition, the simple sign of Ar, is easy to imitate. |
| 3 | 243 | So one understands the importance of scales, and, as one might expect, the occasional charges and countercharges having to do with the accuracy of the weights used to balance the scales. |
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The tarsk-bits of Brundisium, however, were individual tiny copper coins, either small disks or tiny droplets of copper.
Given such vagaries, and the shaving of coins, particularly those of more precious metals, scales are often used in transactions, certainly in a polity's "Streets of Coins".
Fortunes, I have been told, have been made in speculating on the shifting, comparable values of these diverse coinages.
The double tarn, of gold, minted in the city of Ar, is usually accepted as the single, most valuable coin on gor.
Many cities in the northern hemisphere, even cities hostile to Ar, supposedly, privately, use Ar's "Gold Tarn," the single Tarn, to rank, standardize, and value their own currency.
Unfortunately this coin, bearing only, by proud tradition, the simple sign of Ar, is easy to imitate.
So one understands the importance of scales, and, as one might expect, the occasional charges and countercharges having to do with the accuracy of the weights used to balance the scales.
- (Quarry of Gor, Chapter )