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As speculative images of the Priest-Kings themselves, in effect, the rulers and gods of Gor, are forbidden, or at least generally discouraged, I suppose it is not surprising that humans are wary of boldly bedecking coins with their own images. - (Renegades of Gor, Chapter 24, Sentence #750)

I have never seen a Gorean coin with the image of a human being on it. I doubt that this is an accident. I would suppose that it is due to a fear of displeasing Priest-Kings. As speculative images of the Priest-Kings themselves, in effect, the rulers and gods of Gor, are forbidden, or at least generally discouraged, I suppose it is not surprising that humans are wary of boldly bedecking coins with their own images. Such might seem to constitute hubris, or, in Gorean, hybris, which word, I understand, is the same in Greek. Gorean, as might be supposed, given the voyages of acquisition, and such, contains numerous words from one Earth language or another, from many times and places, mostly ancient, some modern. It has its own plenteous coinages, as well, of course, as would be expected in any complex, ever-changing, historical language. - (Renegades of Gor)