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Good fat hens were bought for a _byza_ each, which does not exceed a penny; and yet some of our people said that we were imposed upon, as we ought to have got every thing for half the money.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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This _ganza_ money is reckoned by _byzas_, each _byza_ being 100 _ganzas_, and is worth about half a ducat of our money, more or less according as gold is cheap or dear.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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