Book 15. (1 results) Rogue of Gor (Individual Quote)
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Book 15. (7 results) Rogue of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 67 | In most exchanges it is valued at a hundred copper tarsks, each of which is valued, commonly, at some ten to twenty tarsk bits. |
| 19 | 68 | Ten silver tarsks, usually, is regarded as the equivalent of one gold piece, of one of the high cities. |
| 19 | 69 | To be sure, there is little standardization in these matters, for much depends on the actual weights of the coins and the quantities of precious metals, certified by the municipal stamps, contained in the coins. |
| 19 | 70 | Sometimes, too, coins are split or shaved. |
| 19 | 71 | Further, the debasing of coinage is not unknown. |
| 19 | 72 | Scales, and rumors, it seems, are often used by coin merchants. |
| 19 | 73 | 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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In most exchanges it is valued at a hundred copper tarsks, each of which is valued, commonly, at some ten to twenty tarsk bits.
Ten silver tarsks, usually, is regarded as the equivalent of one gold piece, of one of the high cities.
To be sure, there is little standardization in these matters, for much depends on the actual weights of the coins and the quantities of precious metals, certified by the municipal stamps, contained in the coins.
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.
- (Rogue of Gor)