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Calaethis Dragonsbane · 07-22-2005, 05:12 PM

OOC: Rules on Currency (Also in the Rules Thread)
Currency

A note to clarify: a gold sovereign is worth about ten Silver Crowns - and is more then a peasent will see in a year. Hell, a peasent will be lucky to see a silver penny. (Ten of which makes up a single silver crown). Five small coppers make up one large copper, and ten large coppers make up a silver penny. It's a bit odd, but there you have it.

1 Imperial Royal (IR) = 10 Gold Sovereigns (GS) (these are uber rare)
1 Gold Sovereign (GS) = 10 Silver Crowns (SC)
1 Golden Penny (GP) = 5 Silver Crowns
1 SC = 10 Large Silver Pennies (LSP)
1 LSP = 10 Small Silver Pennies (SSP)
1 Small Silver Penny = 10 Large Coppers Marks/Pennies (LCM/LCP)
1 Large Copper Mark/Pennies =5 Small Coppers Marks/Pennies (SCM/SCP)

Pennies tend to be smaller than their counterparts, being 2.5 cm in diameter. There are three sorts: gold, silver and copper. The currency system operates on a basis of fives and tens. Depending on their size (and value), coins tend to be worth ten or five of their higher or lower counterpart.
Silver Crowns tend to be the highest form of currency that anyone aside from Merchants, Minor and Upper Nobility and of course, Royalty will use. It's rare to see gold coins in use, as gold tends to be valued a lot more highly in this world than in ours. Copper tends to be regarded as the lowest form of currency, and some 'classier' merchants won't accept it. Generally, its regarded as the currency of the peasentry - so even if you have bagfuls, it may not buy you anything within the upper regions of a city (unless you know where to look). Likewise, most peasents won't accept gold - usually because its too valuable for them to use.

You can assign yourself however many coins you wish, but as a general rule of thumb, I personally wouldn't recormend you take more than [i]5 Silver Crowns at the very, very most and even that may be excessive. Two SCs and a few Large Silver Pennies should be more than adequet. Unless you're a noble, in which case, I'd suggest no more than [i]three Gold Sovereigns

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All that said, it is unlikely you'll use more than the following coins any time soon:

Gold Sovereign (GS)
Silver Crowns (SC)
Large Silver Pennies (LSP)
Small Silver Pennies
Large Coppers Marks/Pennies
Small Coppers Marks/Pennies

[ 07-22-2005, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: Calaethis Dragonsbane ]

07-22-2005, 05:12 PM	#20
Calaethis Dragonsbane Legion Symbol Join Date: May 29, 2002 Location: Somewhere in between Age: 40 Posts: 7,029	OOC: Rules on Currency (Also in the Rules Thread) Currency A note to clarify: a gold sovereign is worth about ten Silver Crowns - and is more then a peasent will see in a year. Hell, a peasent will be lucky to see a silver penny. (Ten of which makes up a single silver crown). Five small coppers make up one large copper, and ten large coppers make up a silver penny. It's a bit odd, but there you have it. 1 Imperial Royal (IR) = 10 Gold Sovereigns (GS) (these are uber rare) 1 Gold Sovereign (GS) = 10 Silver Crowns (SC) 1 Golden Penny (GP) = 5 Silver Crowns 1 SC = 10 Large Silver Pennies (LSP) 1 LSP = 10 Small Silver Pennies (SSP) 1 Small Silver Penny = 10 Large Coppers Marks/Pennies (LCM/LCP) 1 Large Copper Mark/Pennies =5 Small Coppers Marks/Pennies (SCM/SCP) Pennies tend to be smaller than their counterparts, being 2.5 cm in diameter. There are three sorts: gold, silver and copper. The currency system operates on a basis of fives and tens. Depending on their size (and value), coins tend to be worth ten or five of their higher or lower counterpart. Silver Crowns tend to be the highest form of currency that anyone aside from Merchants, Minor and Upper Nobility and of course, Royalty will use. It's rare to see gold coins in use, as gold tends to be valued a lot more highly in this world than in ours. Copper tends to be regarded as the lowest form of currency, and some 'classier' merchants won't accept it. Generally, its regarded as the currency of the peasentry - so even if you have bagfuls, it may not buy you anything within the upper regions of a city (unless you know where to look). Likewise, most peasents won't accept gold - usually because its too valuable for them to use. You can assign yourself however many coins you wish, but as a general rule of thumb, I personally wouldn't recormend you take more than [i]5 Silver Crowns at the very, very most and even that may be excessive. Two SCs and a few Large Silver Pennies should be more than adequet. Unless you're a noble, in which case, I'd suggest no more than [i]three Gold Sovereigns ~~~ All that said, it is unlikely you'll use more than the following coins any time soon: Gold Sovereign (GS) Silver Crowns (SC) Large Silver Pennies (LSP) Small Silver Pennies Large Coppers Marks/Pennies Small Coppers Marks/Pennies [ 07-22-2005, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: Calaethis Dragonsbane ]