Book 35. (1 results) Quarry of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 244 | Weights are standardized against official weights, so to speak, housed in a merchant fortress in the vicinity of the Sardar Mountains. |
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Book 35. (7 results) Quarry of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 3 | 244 | Weights are standardized against official weights, so to speak, housed in a merchant fortress in the vicinity of the Sardar Mountains. |
| 3 | 245 | Merchants may have access to this fortress four times a year, during the great Sardar fairs. |
| 3 | 246 | Similar provisions are made for standardizing liquid and linear measures. |
| 3 | 247 | Another important, well-known coin, is the golden stater of Brundisium. |
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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.
Weights are standardized against official weights, so to speak, housed in a merchant fortress in the vicinity of the Sardar Mountains.
Merchants may have access to this fortress four times a year, during the great Sardar fairs.
Similar provisions are made for standardizing liquid and linear measures.
Another important, well-known coin, is the golden stater of Brundisium.
- (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 3)