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standard and to provide proof for claims made. Money,
specifically minted coin money, was used in Middle-earth through
the Third Age. When Bilbo Baggins rushed from his door to meet
Thorin and his party of dwarves at the Green Dragon Inn, he
found himself outside without "a hat, a walking stick, or any
money, or anything that he usually took with him when he went
out". After the death of Smaug and the destruction of Esgaroth
the people were angry at the Master of Lake-town and declared,
"We have had enough of the old men and the money-counters!"
Others took up the cry of "Up with the Bowman (meaning Bard) and
down with Moneybags". Money was mentioned in relation to the
trading town of Bree. At the end of the Third Age, a pony was
considered to be worth about four silver pennies. The well-to-do
owner of the Prancing Pony, Barliman