Gold pieces, silver pieces etc [Archive] - Wizards Community

Gold pieces, silver pieces etc [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Lujayne34
06-25-04, 06:44 PM Are there specific names for minted coins in Eberron? Does each nation use a different style/name for them? Does each nation mint their own? Is any of this info in the ECSB?
ieattrollsforbreakfast
06-26-04, 06:27 AM Nothing about this seems to be mentioned in what I have read in the CDB so far, but that can give me a few ideas of my own.
Out of all the races, Dwarves seem to be the most affiliated with wealth. If there was one country or organisation that minted the coins, I would expect it to be the Mror Holds. Unfortunately, nothing about this seems to be in the Mror Holds entry, so from that I assume that each country will probably mint their own coins from minerals exported from elsewhere.
There is a picture of a few coins in the book, and all have the same head on them. That could mean one of two things. Either all those coins or from the same region, or all the coins have the same head on them. The latter could be just as likely as the former, since they could all bear the head or Jorat, the last King of Galifar, or even Galifar himself.
It could be both. Perhaps before the Last War coins of Jorat were minted, but now coins bearing the head of their nations ruler could also be in circulation. This could make for some interesting clues for all the inquisitives out there.
On names, I expect that since most of the nations were part of Galifar originally, they use the same names officially. Although I think its pretty likely that the different nations have slang words/dialect for each of the coins.
Steven Snyder
06-26-04, 08:27 AM Originally posted by Lujayne34
Are there specific names for minted coins in Eberron? Does each nation use a different style/name for them? Does each nation mint their own? Is any of this info in the ECSB?

Hellcow commented on this awhile back.

He didn't really want to add the level of complexity of different currencies, exchange values, and all that into the game. So the coinage is generic.

But if anything they are probably the same currency used by the Kingdom of Galifar...more or less at least.
gzombie
06-26-04, 02:07 PM My thinking is since the dragonmarked have great influence then to facilitate commerce all coins have the same value if not same minting. So a gold coin from Breland has the same value as a gold coin from Mror Holds and so on.
jedi8187
06-26-04, 03:18 PM Originally posted by gzombie
My thinking is since the dragonmarked have great influence then to facilitate commerce all coins have the same value if not same minting. So a gold coin from Breland has the same value as a gold coin from Mror Holds and so on.

Depends whos holding the coin, I'd be willing to bet someone obiously from Karnath won't get the best bang for their buck in Breland. If there is a different mint for each country, its is more than likely that, even though they are supposed to have equal value, using coins from the country your shoping in will earn you a better deal.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Lujayne34 06-25-04, 06:44 PM	Are there specific names for minted coins in Eberron? Does each nation use a different style/name for them? Does each nation mint their own? Is any of this info in the ECSB?
ieattrollsforbreakfast 06-26-04, 06:27 AM	Nothing about this seems to be mentioned in what I have read in the CDB so far, but that can give me a few ideas of my own. Out of all the races, Dwarves seem to be the most affiliated with wealth. If there was one country or organisation that minted the coins, I would expect it to be the Mror Holds. Unfortunately, nothing about this seems to be in the Mror Holds entry, so from that I assume that each country will probably mint their own coins from minerals exported from elsewhere. There is a picture of a few coins in the book, and all have the same head on them. That could mean one of two things. Either all those coins or from the same region, or all the coins have the same head on them. The latter could be just as likely as the former, since they could all bear the head or Jorat, the last King of Galifar, or even Galifar himself. It could be both. Perhaps before the Last War coins of Jorat were minted, but now coins bearing the head of their nations ruler could also be in circulation. This could make for some interesting clues for all the inquisitives out there. On names, I expect that since most of the nations were part of Galifar originally, they use the same names officially. Although I think its pretty likely that the different nations have slang words/dialect for each of the coins.
Steven Snyder 06-26-04, 08:27 AM	Originally posted by Lujayne34 Are there specific names for minted coins in Eberron? Does each nation use a different style/name for them? Does each nation mint their own? Is any of this info in the ECSB? Hellcow commented on this awhile back. He didn't really want to add the level of complexity of different currencies, exchange values, and all that into the game. So the coinage is generic. But if anything they are probably the same currency used by the Kingdom of Galifar...more or less at least.
gzombie 06-26-04, 02:07 PM	My thinking is since the dragonmarked have great influence then to facilitate commerce all coins have the same value if not same minting. So a gold coin from Breland has the same value as a gold coin from Mror Holds and so on.
jedi8187 06-26-04, 03:18 PM	Originally posted by gzombie My thinking is since the dragonmarked have great influence then to facilitate commerce all coins have the same value if not same minting. So a gold coin from Breland has the same value as a gold coin from Mror Holds and so on. Depends whos holding the coin, I'd be willing to bet someone obiously from Karnath won't get the best bang for their buck in Breland. If there is a different mint for each country, its is more than likely that, even though they are supposed to have equal value, using coins from the country your shoping in will earn you a better deal.