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like counterfeiting exist back then?”

I  was  wondering  what  the  oute  would  be  when  the  money  changer

took me out of his mouth instead of the peasant’s gold coin。 “Take your gold

coin; I don’t want any vile Veian infidel’s fake money;” he said; “have you

no shame?” The peasant responded with some biting words of his own; then

took me with him out the door。 After hearing the same pronouncement from

other  money  changers;  the  peasant’s  spirit  broke  and  he  exchanged  me  as  a

debased  coin  for  only  niy  silver  pieces。  This  is  how  my  seven…year  saga  of

endless wandering from hand to hand began。

Allow  me  to  admit  proudly  that  I’ve  spent  most  of  my  time  in  Istanbul

wandering  from  purse  to  purse;  and  from  sash  to  pocket;  as  befits  an

intelligent coin。 My worst nightmare is to be stored in a jug and languish for

years beneath a rock; buried in some garden; not that it hasn’t happened to

me; but for whatever reason; these periods have never lasted long。 Many of the

people who hold me want to be rid of me as soon as possible; especially if they

discover I’m fake。 Noheless; I have yet to e across someone who’ll warn

an unsuspecting buyer that I’m counterfeit。 A broker; not recognizing that I’m

counterfeit;  who  has  counted  out  120  silver  coins  in  exchange  for  me;  will

berate himself in fits of anger; sorrow and impatience as soon as he learns he’s

been  cheated;  and  these  fits  won’t  subside  until  he  rids  himself  of  me  by

cheating another。 During this crisis; even as he attempts to repeatedly swindle

others; failing each time on account of his haste and anger; he’ll continue all

the while to curse the “immoral” person who had originally conned him。

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Over  the  last  seven  years  in  Istanbul;  I’ve  changed  hands  560  times;  and

there’s  not  a  house;  shop;  market;  bazaar;  mosque;  church  or  synagogue  I

haven’t entered。 As I’ve roamed about; I’ve learned that much more gossip has

been spread; many more legends told and lies spun in my name than I’d ever

suspected。  I’ve  constantly  had  my  nose  rubbed  in  it:  Nothing’s  considered

valuable  anymore  besides  me;  I’m  merciless;  I’m  blind;  I  myself  am  even

enamored of money; the unfortunate world revolves around; not God; but me;

and there’s nothing I can’t buy—all this is to say nothing of my dirty; vulgar

and base nature。 And those who know that I’m fake are given to even harsher

judgments。  As  my  actual  value  drops;  however;  my  metaphorical  value

increases—proof  that  poetry  is  consolation  to  life’s  miseries。  But  despite  all

such  heartless  parison  and  thoughtless  slander;  I’ve  realized  that  a  large

majority  do  sincerely  love  me。  In  this  age  of  hatred;  such  heartfelt—even

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