Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 102 | The coin, in a View more quotes about sense">sense, is an object whose worth or weight, in standardized quantities, is certified upon it, and guaranteed, so to speak, by an issuing authority. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 1 | 105 | "I do not know if it is a coin or not," said the man. |
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"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.
"I do not know if it is a coin or not," said the man.
- (Kajira of Gor)