Commodity money cans or foil pouches of mackerel fish fillets, which have a fairly standard cost and are easy to store. These may be exchanged for many services in prisons where personal possession of currency is prohibited. In situations where the commodity is metal, typically gold or silver, a government mint will often coin money by placing a mark on the metal that serves as a guarantee of the weight and purity of the metal. In doing so, the government will often impose a fee which is known as seigniorage. The role of a mint and of coin differs between commodity money
Near to the Wild Heart combining the “intellectual lucidity of the characters of Dostoevsky with the purity of a child.” A Manhã ("The Morning"), not going quite as far as Lêdo Ivo, had declared it to be “the greatest debut novel a woman had written in all of Brazilian literature.” In October 1944, the book won the prestigious Graça Aranha Prize ("Prêmio Graça Aranha") for the best debut novel of 1943. The prize was a confirmation of what the "Folha Carioca" had discovered earlier that year when it asked its readers to elect the best novel of 1943. "Near to the Wild Heart" won with