Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 101 | It saves weighing and testing each coin. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 98 | "View more quotes about metal">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". |
| 1 | 104 | "Then the object is a coin?" I said. |
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"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".
"Then the object is a coin?" I said.
- (Kajira of Gor)