A busy thoroughfare in Alexandria where local money changers operate behind low tables heaped with coins and brass scales.
Description
A busy thoroughfare in Alexandria where local money changers operate behind low tables heaped with coins and brass scales. Yaqub ben Ezra, an elderly Jewish money changer, works here — weighing every coin, biting the doubtful ones, and testing for clippings before taking his commission with a shrug.
Notable Features
- Low tables piled with coin and brass weighing scales.
- Home to independent money changers operating outside the formal British banking system.
Connections
Two doors from The Amphora, and around the corner from the Bank of England, Alexandria Branch — a fact Nathaniel Holt discovered after realizing Yusuf was skimming a commission on transactions here.
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Location of
- Yaqub ben Ezra NPC neutralCurrent location
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Part of
- Alexandria Overview Location neutralA commercial thoroughfare within the city of Alexandria.