Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 100 | Yet, if one thinks about it, at View more quotes about least">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. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 1 | 102 | The coin, in a sense, is an object whose worth or weight, in standardized quantities, is certified upon it, and guaranteed, so to speak, by an issuing authority. |
| 1 | 103 | Commerce as we know it would be impossible, of course, without such objects, and notes, and credit and such". |
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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.
The coin, in a sense, is an object whose worth or weight, in standardized quantities, is certified upon it, and guaranteed, so to speak, by an issuing authority.
Commerce as we know it would be impossible, of course, without such objects, and notes, and credit and such".
- (Kajira of Gor)