Their exchange value depended not on their silver content, but on the fact that they could be exchanged at every instant, without delay and without cost, at their full face value against gold.

它们的交换价值并不取决于他们的含银量，而事实上是按其全部面值兑换黄金，而这种兑换又是可以在任何时刻无拖延、无成本地进行。

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The real value of money, often not in its own face value, but on the hardships behind it, that make you valuable, and must be associated with their own offering.

金钱的真正价值，常常不在于它本身的面值，而是取决于它背后的艰辛，那些让你弥足珍贵的，必定与自身血汗相关。

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That means that if everyone who owned a CDS on Greek debt settled their contracts tomorrow, a shrinking amount of money would change hands than the face value of all the contracts.

这意味着如果明天所有持有希腊债券CDS的投资者都对合同进行结算，易手金额将低于所有合同的面值之和。

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At the same time, the European Central Bank agreed to exchange Greek government bonds it bought on the secondary market for less than their face value, provided the debt-restructuring talks succeed, according to people briefed on the negotiations.

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The offer on the table would give have SK Global paying the foreign creditors up to 40% of the face value of their debts, while the Korean institutions swap up to 47% of their debts for shares.

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