Aureus

The aureus (pl. aurei, 'golden', used as a noun) is a coin of Carcino, valued at 100 pure Silver denarii (silver piece) per aurie, a total of 1000 pure silver denarii for a full aureus. The aureus is a regularly sized solidus (golden coin) with 10 lines that carve the coin into a decagon, a 10 sided polygon, called aurie's. Each individual aurie chip has the base value of one solidus, meaning a full aureus is on the same spending power as a single sovereign (platinum piece). While being the same size as a solidus, the aureus coin is about 100x denser.
It was King Curzio Gresham I who standardized the coin, as until then the white-gold was rare and varied in price. Gresham I would go on to standardize the size of the coin, as well as its weight (10 grams).
The mineral the coin is forged from is named white-gold, and it has a most strange melding property. Thought to be arcane at first, the metal can be taken and if placed near a piece of itself, and when rubbed together with the fingers, it would meld together. It is now understood heat must be used, thus why finger rubbing worked, and magnetism plays some part in the melding process, though science still doesn't have a full explanation for this process of melding. Aurie pieces are commonly broken off and melded back with other pieces to form completely new, full 10 gram coins.

Item type

Currency & Deeds

Current Location

Carcino

Manufacturer

Mercantile Republic

Base Price

1pp

Raw materials & Components

White-Gold

Tools

Smiths Tools