Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 103 | Commerce as we View more quotes about know">know it would be impossible, of course, without such objects, and notes, and credit and such". |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 1 | 106 | "What else could it be?" I asked. |
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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.
"What else could it be?" I asked.
- (Kajira of Gor)