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Currency on Ansalon
By: Dungeon Master Date: April 30, 2025, 2:56 am
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[center]Currency on Ansalon[/center]
[center]Collected by the DragonLance Saga[/center]
[center]Currency in the War of the Lance Era [/center]
For the following human-governed nations and empires, the
coinage is primarily used in cities, where farmers and others
accept the coins in addition to barter.
Ergoth still treats pre-cataclysm coinage as valid currency. The
Empire of Ergoth: 1 steel disk = 2 platinum platters = 5 gold
gilts = 5 iron rounds = 10 electrum ambers = 20 brassies = 25
silvers = 50 hacksilvers = 100 coppers = 400 tinnys.
The Seeker Lands: 1 steel emas = ½ platinum moon = 2 iron
hammers = 5 bronze plates = 10 copper helms = 50 silver stars.
Abanasinia only recognized the Seeker currency.
The Knight Lands of Sancrist, Solamnia, and Eastwatch: 1 steel
Sword or 1 silver Monarch = 2 platinum Florins = 5 iron Dirks =
10 bronze donjons or 10 silver Castles = 20 gold kronin = 25
electrum marks = 50 silver tharns/shields = 100 copper commons =
400 nickel quinces.
Lemish: 1 steel brand = 1/50 adamantine guard = ½ platinum florn
= 2 iron stamps = 5 bronze dollars = 10 gold krones = 20
electrum marks = 25 silver stars = 50 copper pense = 200 tin
commons.
Saifhum, whose residents tend toward piracy, accepts many Blood
Sea Isles' neighboring currencies as their own. Saifhum: 1 steel
disk = 5 iron rounds = 10 bronze dolons = 20 silvers = 100
coppers.
The Dragonarmies Empire: 1 steel weight = ⅕ platinum
weight = ½ iron weight = 2 bronze weight = 10 gold weight = 20
silver weight = 100 copper weight.
The three dwarven nations acknowledge the standard currency, but
the Aghar do not operate the same with commerce or barter.
Kaolyn: 1 steel anvil = 1/10 adamantine forge = ⅕ garnet
chip = 5 iron ingots = 15 gold crowns = 20 silver bucklers = 50
bronze gauntlets = 100 copper slugs = 200 nickel rivets.
Thorbardin: 1 steel anvil = 1/20 adamantine forge = ⅕
agate chip = 2 iron ingots = 5 bronze gauntlets = 10 copper
slugs = 20 nickel rivets = 25 gold crowns = 50 silver bucklers =
100 coal pails. Zhakar: 1 steel bar = 1/10 jade chip = 2 iron
bars = 10 bronze bars = 25 brass bars = 50 copper slugs = 50
silver slugs = 100 tin slugs = 200 coal rations.
The Elven Nations are wholly represented by Silvanesti, who
rarely have any trade with the outside world. 1 steel crest =
1/10 ivory tooth = ⅕ platinum moon = 5 iron rings = 10
gold crowns = 20 electrum solars = 50 silver stars = 100 brass
seals = 200 copper shells.
The Minotaur Isles were unified after the War. Mithas and
Kothas: 1 steel sabre = 2 iron wards = 10 bronze shields = 20
gold crowns = 50 electrum lances = 100 brass darts = 200 copper
arrows.
A Simplified Conversion
1 pp = 5 stl = 10 ip/bp = 100 sp = 200 gp = 500 cp
Coin Copper Gold Silver Iron/Bronze Steel Platinum
Copper 1 2/5 1/5 1/50 1/100 1/500
Gold 2/5 1 1/2 1/20 1/40 1/200
Silver 5 2 1 1/10 1/20 1/100
Iron/Bronze 50 20 10 1 1/2 1/5
Steel 100 40 20 2 1 1/5
Platinum 500 200 100 10 5 1
Personal DM Note: I plan to introduce a more modern take for the
nations of the 5th Age, but it is a low-priority idea at this
time. There is evidence of Qualinesti coinage that they used to
pay Beryllinthranox the Green Peril in bribes, as well as during
the Elven Exile in Khurnost. The Elven Nations paid bribes to
the Khan of Khur.
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