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May 28, 2010: Sex coins
Well, let the blog entry tell it like it is:
| This is a spintria. They were used in ancient Rome to request and pay for different services in brothels and from prostitutes on the street. Since there were a lot of foreigners coming to the city that did not speak the language and most of the prostitutes were slaves captured from other places the coins made the transactions easy and efficient. One side of these coins showed what the buyer wanted and the other showed the amount of money to be paid for the act. |
And one imagines they might have names for the coins, too, just like "two bits", the coin above is the "badonkadonk".
Cloud Friday May 28 06:57 PM
hmm, interesting. some of those positions I can't quite tell about.; or tell apart. And -- a hand job is more expensive than a blow job?
and, I wonder how you got the coins in the first place. You go into a brothel, exchange regular (draws a blank on what Roman coins are) for these tokens? At random? or, you look at the money first, or . . . ?
squirell nutkin Friday May 28 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
the coin above is the "badonkadonk".
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And I'm sorry but the numbers on the back are not the price. I'm not a historian of antique sex prices but it seems pretty frigging obvious that they are menu numbers a la Chinese restaurant and not prices.
I've known quite a number of Ivy league grads and, while exceptionally highly educated, none were terribly smart.
ZenGum Friday May 28 07:51 PM
Asking for a LXIX wouldn't really work, though.
Kitsune Friday May 28 09:33 PM
If this didn't end up becoming an Air Force squadron patch somewhere...
SteveDallas Saturday May 29 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Asking for a LXIX wouldn't really work, though.
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Cloud Saturday May 29 10:01 AM
found a pretty good discussion of them here:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...5/pay-for-play
newtimer Saturday May 29 07:49 PM
That final coin. Last row, far right. Is...is that a sheep?
richlevy Saturday May 29 08:04 PM
Wait a minute, is that the Playboy logo? Man, I knew Hefner was old, but.......
richlevy Saturday May 29 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ZenGum
Asking for a LXIX wouldn't really work, though.
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ZenGum Saturday May 29 11:32 PM
A vir ingredior in a ganea. ganea custodis levo lamnia lammina lamna quod asks caput capitis vel penis?
Originally: A man walks into a brothel. The brothel keeper shows a coin and asks, heads or tails? Retranslated translation: A man to enter upon upon brothel. brothel guardian to raise sheet of metal and asks head or tail?
Sheldonrs Sunday May 30 12:09 AM
Is that considered the same as a one POUND note?
richlevy Sunday May 30 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Is that considered the same as a one POUND note?
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