Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 98 | "View more quotes about metal">Metal value?" I asked. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 95 | "A part of the metal has been cut or trimmed away. |
| 1 | 96 | In this fashion, if that is not noted, or the object is not weighed, it might be accepted for, say, a certain face value, the individual responsible for this meanwhile pocketing the clipped or shaved metal. |
| 1 | 97 | If this is done over a period of time, with many coins, of course, the individual could accumulate, in metal value, a value equivalent perhaps to one or more of the original objects". |
| 1 | 98 | "Metal value?" I asked. |
| 1 | 99 | "In modern coinage," he said, "we often lose track of such things. |
| 1 | 100 | Yet, if one thinks about it, at least in the case of many coins, a coin is a way in which a government or ruler certifies that a given amount of precious metal is involved in a transaction. |
| 1 | 101 | It saves weighing and testing each coin. |
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"A part of the metal has been cut or trimmed away.
In this fashion, if that is not noted, or the object is not weighed, it might be accepted for, say, a certain face value, the individual responsible for this meanwhile pocketing the clipped or shaved metal.
If this is done over a period of time, with many coins, of course, the individual could accumulate, in metal value, a value equivalent perhaps to one or more of the original objects".
"Metal value?" I asked.
"In modern coinage," he said, "we often lose track of such things.
Yet, if one thinks about it, at least in the case of many coins, a coin is a way in which a government or ruler certifies that a given amount of precious metal is involved in a transaction.
It saves weighing and testing each coin.
- (Kajira of Gor)