Huge ingots of copper, itself a depreciating asset, were the weighty "store of value" and means of exchange.

巨大的铜锭，本身就是不断贬值的资产，它还是死沉死沉的“价值贮藏手段”和交换手段。

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People do not gossip about the value of copper and tin, but they like to talk about how much the neighbour’s house went for.

人们不会谈论关于铜价和锡价的小道消息，但他们喜爱谈论邻居家的房屋达到了怎样的价位。

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The ban was rescinded after a few days, but all copper exports will now be cleared by the country’s central bank to ensure that exporters aren’t misstating volumes and value.

这项禁令几天之后就解除了，但是现在，所有的铜出口都必须经过赞比亚的央行，以确保出口商不谎报数量与金额。

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And that they think that they might just about break even on doing just that as a result of the copper value of the wire they dig up.

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But a 20-30% discount on the copper value is reasonable enough thus making, at the refinery gate, a 1 rupee coin worth perhaps 2 cents or two rupees.

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The company claims to have 75 million miles of copper cable which people are always trying to steal for the copper scrap value.

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