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Re: Currency
Clemens - 05.07.2007, 09:36Currency
I have met people who were trading in the known currency of Gor in copper-, silver- and gold- Tarsk (or Tarn). Is there a universally valid "currency rate" for L$ in SL?
Re: Currency
Melinda - 05.07.2007, 11:15
Tal Sir,
Actually no. Various systems are recognized but the most used in Gor is this you mentioned, adopted by all online at least and comes from Ar/Tharna
But much like we had back then on earth, going to medieval times, each small kindgom had its own ways of trading. Some use papers (sort of kind of bill of exchange type) and so forth (refer to Venitian Merchants)
If my memory is good and out of the top of my head, the caste of Merchants is responsible for it.
Here comes some quotes that will clarify all this :
Every year at the Sardar Fair there is a motion before the bankers, literally, the coin merchants, to introduce a standardization of coinage among the major cities. . To date, however, this has not been accomplished. I did not feel it was really fair of Boots to call attention to my possible lack of expertise in these matters. I was not, after all, of the merchants, nor, among them, of the coin merchants.
Magicians
Certain coins, such as the silver tarsk of Tharna and the golden tarn of Ar, tend, to some extent, to standardize what otherwise might be a mercantile chaos. This same standardization, in the region of the Tamber Gulf and south, along the shore of Thassa, tends to be effected by the golden tam of Port Kar. Coin merchants often have recourse to scales. This is sensible considering such things as the occasional debasings of coinages, usually unannounced by the communities in question, and the frequent practice of splitting and shaving coins.
Savages
Sometimes, of course, certain areas specialize in, or are known for, given types of services or products. Each city usually has, for example, its "Street of Coins." On such a street, or in such an area, its banking will largely be done. Similarly most cities will have their "Street of Brands," on which street, or in which area, one would expect to find the houses of its slavers.
Fighting Slave
"They are afraid," he said. "The Street of Coins is almost closed."
This was actually a set of streets, or district, where money changing and banking were done. "There are other types of establishments in the area, too, of course.
Kajira of Gor
Coin merchants often have recourse to scales. This is sensible considering such things as the occasional debasings of coinages, usually unannounced by the communities in question, and the frequent practice of splitting and shaving coins. It is, for example, not unusual for a Gorean coin pouch to contain parts of coins as well as whole coins. Business is often conducted by notes and letters of credit. Paper currency, however, in itself, is unknown.
Savages
"Another possibility," Samos was saying, "would be a loan to the Sa-Tarna merchants, at a reduced rate of interest. Thus we might avoid the precedent of a direct subsidy to a sub caste. To be sure, we might then encounter resistance from the Street of Coins.
Savages
I hope it helped
Melinda
PS: I still have to see a Banker played in Gor and one of the Merchant caste do so.!! Never know though
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