Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 255 | I am not View more quotes about familiar">familiar with what forty-eight copper tarsks might buy, other than it might buy one such as I. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 252 | I am told the great merchant houses have sources of information which might be the envy of warring Ubars. |
| 5 | 253 | I sold for forty-eight copper tarsks. |
| 5 | 254 | I gather that this is not a great deal of money but I also know that some sold for less, although many sold for more. |
| 5 | 255 | I am not familiar with what forty-eight copper tarsks might buy, other than it might buy one such as I. |
| 5 | 256 | The face value of a coin is meaningless. |
| 5 | 257 | The coin is worth only what it will buy This is obvious, but many on my former world, oddly enough, seem unaware of this. |
| 5 | 258 | They demand a hundred coins and think themselves ten times advanced for they formerly had but ten, and refuse to notice that their hundred today buys only what five bought once. |
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I am told the great merchant houses have sources of information which might be the envy of warring Ubars.
I sold for forty-eight copper tarsks.
I gather that this is not a great deal of money but I also know that some sold for less, although many sold for more.
I am not familiar with what forty-eight copper tarsks might buy, other than it might buy one such as I.
The face value of a coin is meaningless.
The coin is worth only what it will buy This is obvious, but many on my former world, oddly enough, seem unaware of this.
They demand a hundred coins and think themselves ten times advanced for they formerly had but ten, and refuse to notice that their hundred today buys only what five bought once.
- (Smugglers of Gor)