Book 34. (1 results) Plunder of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 157 | This meant View more quotes about little">little to me at the time, but I would learn that coinages might differ considerably from city to city. |
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Book 34. (7 results) Plunder of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 154 | "I misspoke," called the dealer. |
| 10 | 155 | "Forgive me. |
| 10 | 156 | I meant fifty copper tarsks, say, of the weight of the copper tarsk of Brundisium". |
| 10 | 157 | This meant little to me at the time, but I would learn that coinages might differ considerably from city to city. |
| 10 | 158 | In some cities, there are eight copper-tarsks to a silver tarsk, and, in others, as in BrunÂdisium, where many land and sea routes converge, and business tends to be brisk, one hundred copper tarsks to a silver tarsk. |
| 10 | 159 | This facilitates small transactions. |
| 10 | 160 | Too, coinages, certainly gold and silver, are often weighed when the coinage is of one city and the transaction takes place in another. |
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"I misspoke," called the dealer.
"Forgive me.
I meant fifty copper tarsks, say, of the weight of the copper tarsk of Brundisium".
This meant little to me at the time, but I would learn that coinages might differ considerably from city to city.
In some cities, there are eight copper-tarsks to a silver tarsk, and, in others, as in BrunÂdisium, where many land and sea routes converge, and business tends to be brisk, one hundred copper tarsks to a silver tarsk.
This facilitates small transactions.
Too, coinages, certainly gold and silver, are often weighed when the coinage is of one city and the transaction takes place in another.
- (Plunder of Gor)