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His value was reckoned according to his occupation, and ranged from twelve to five grivnas. If it be asked what was the value of a grivna, it may be said that at that time there was little coined money, perhaps none at all, in Russia. Gold and silver were circulated by weight, and the common currency was composed of pieces of skin, called kuni.
A grivna was a certain number of kunis equal in value to half a pound of silver, but the kuni often varied in value. All prisoners of war and all persons bought from foreigners were condemned to perpetual slavery. Others became slaves for limited periods, freemen who married slaves, insolvent debtors, servants out of employment, and various other classes.
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