Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 8 | 393 | View more quotes about gorean">Gorean coinage tends to vary from community to community. |
| 8 | 394 | Certain coins, such as the silver tarsk of Tharna and the golden tarn of Ar, tend, to some extent, to standardize what otherwise might be a mercantile chaos. |
| 8 | 395 | This same standardization, in the region of the Tamber Gulf and south, along the shore of Thassa, tends to be effected by the golden tarn of Port Kar. |
| 8 | 396 | Coin merchants often have recourse to scales. |
| 8 | 397 | This is sensible considering such things as the occasional debasings of coinages, usually unannounced by the communities in question, and the frequent practice of splitting and shaving coins. |
| 8 | 398 | It is, for example, not unusual for a Gorean coin pouch to contain parts of coins as well as whole coins. |
| 8 | 399 | Business is often conducted by notes and letters of credit. |
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Gorean coinage tends to vary from community to community.
Certain coins, such as the silver tarsk of Tharna and the golden tarn of Ar, tend, to some extent, to standardize what otherwise might be a mercantile chaos.
This same standardization, in the region of the Tamber Gulf and south, along the shore of Thassa, tends to be effected by the golden tarn of Port Kar.
Coin merchants often have recourse to scales.
This is sensible considering such things as the occasional debasings of coinages, usually unannounced by the communities in question, and the frequent practice of splitting and shaving coins.
It is, for example, not unusual for a Gorean coin pouch to contain parts of coins as well as whole coins.
Business is often conducted by notes and letters of credit.
- (Savages of Gor)