Understanding Currency

Some Government mints their own coins, though mostly licence banks to do it on their behalf, and because of the similarities in the coins, unless it is against the law in the land, most merchants will take any equivalent currencies. Most currency is exchanged as Copper Coins or Silver Coins. Gold coins are not common amongst the normal folk, though among the upper class, or those who live frugally to save may have Gold Coins, wealthy aristocrates or the rare merchant have much of the wealth, and trade it mostly amongst themselves, as the higher value items. Merchants are more likely to hold a bit of coin over their normal value, just from trading and savings, though your average laborer is unlikely to get their hands on a gold coin, as most employers payout in silver or copper just because its harder for the employee's to spend the megar amount of gold they would be given.

Currency Values

Standard Curriences in order of value:

Currency	Copper Coin	Silver Coin	Gold Coin	Platinum Coin
Copper Coin	1 CC	XX	XX	XX
Silver Coin	5 CC	1 SC	XX	XX
Copper Cubic	10 CC	2 SC	XX	XX
Copper Bar	25 CC	5 SC	XX	XX
Gold Coin	50 CC	10 SC	1 GC	XX
Silver Cubic	125 CC	25 SC	2.5 GC	XX
Silver Bar / Platinum Coin	250 CC	50 SC	5 GC	1 PC
Copper Ingot / Platinum Cubic	500 CC	100 SC	10 GC	2 PC
Gold Cubic	1250 CC	250 SC	25 GC	5 PC
Silver Ingot / Gold Bar	2500 CC	500 SC	50 GC	10 PC
Platinum Bar	12500 CC	2500 SC	250 GC	50 PC
Gold Ingot	25000 CC	5000 SC	500 GC	100 PC
Platinum Ingot	125000 CC	25000 SC	2500 GC	500 PC

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Currency Type

A coin is a small piece of that metal, that has been minted in to a thin chip by a banking institution, and while it may not be of value in all nations, it usually holds its value due to being made of the metal itself, and its abilitly to be reminted. A cubic is a small cube of that metal holding a greater value then its coin form, and is usually universally accepted at value. A small bar is a 1 lb, or half lb in the case of platinum, and a Ingot is a 10 lb block of that metal, both of which are also universally accepted.

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Currency Earnings and Costs by lifestyle

To understand the value of currency the following explains weekly wages:

• Beggar - 10 SC
• Poor - 25 SC
• Modest - 70 SC
• Comfortable - 150 SC
• Wealthy - 300 SC
• Aristocratic - 750 SC

Normal living costs money:

• Living a Beggers Lifestyle costs about 1 SC a week, and provides 1 meal a day, and no housing.
• Living at a poor lifestyle costs about 5 SC a week, and provides 1 meal a day, and poor housing.
• Living at a Modest lifestyle costs about 25 SC a week , and provides 2 meals a day and mediocre housing.
• Living at a Comfortable lifestyle costs about 50 SC or 5 GC a week, and provides 3 meals a day and decent housing.
• Living at a Wealthy lifestyle costs about 100 SC or 10 GC a week, and provides 3 meals a day, and excellent housing.
• Living at an Aristocratic lifestyle costs about 250 SC or 25 GC a week, and provides anything a person may need within reason.

If living in a taxed society, each teir may be taxed for remaining in that region:

• Living a beggers lifestyle costs 1 SC a week in taxes.
• Living at a poor lifestyle costs about 5 SC a week in taxes.
• Living at a Modest lifestyle costs about 9 SC a week in taxes.
• Living at a Comfortable lifestyle costs about 15 SC a week in taxes.
• Living at a Wealthy lifestyle costs about 40 SC or 4 GC a week in taxes.
• Living at an Aristocratic lifestyle costs about 100 SC or 10 GC a week.

This makes the average spending/saving amount on each class for a week is as follows:

• Begger - 8 SC
• Poor - 25 SC
• Modest - 36 SC
• Comfortable - 85 SC
• Wealthy - 160 SC
• Aristocratic - 400 SC

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Conversion Lists by Currency Type

Coins

Copper

Silver = 5 Copper
Gold = 50 Copper
Platinum = 250 Copper

Silver

5 Copper = 1 Silver
Gold = 10 Silver
Platinum = 50 Silver

Gold

50 Copper = 1 Gold
10 Silver = 1 Gold
Platinum = 5 Gold

Platinum

250 Copper = 1 Platinum
50 Silver = 1 Platinum
5 Gold = 1 Platinum

Cubic

Copper

Cubic = 10 Copper
Cubic = 2 Silver

Silver

Cubic = 125 Copper
Cubic = 25 Silver
2 Cubic = 5 Gold

Gold

Cubic = 1250 Copper
Cubic = 250 Silver
Cubic = 25 Gold
Cubic = 5 Platinum

Platinum

Cubic = 500 Copper
Cubic = 100 Silver
Cubic = 10 Gold
Cubic = 2 Platinum

Small Bar's

Copper

25 Copper = 1lb
5 Silver = 1lb

Silver

250 Copper = 1lb
50 Silver = 1lb
5 Gold = 1lb
1 Platinum = 1lb

Gold

2500 Copper = 1lb
500 Silver = 1lb
50 Gold = 1lb
10 Platinum = 1lb

Platinum

12500 Copper =.5lb
2500 Silver = .5lb
250 Gold = .5lb
50 Platinum = .5lb

Ingots

Copper

250 Copper = 10lb
50 Silver = 10lb
5 Gold = 10lb
1 Platinum = 10lb

Silver

2500 Copper = 10lb
500 Silver = 10lb
50 Gold = 10lb
10 Platinum = 10lb

Gold

25000 Copper = 10lb
5000 Silver = 10lb
500 Gold = 10lb
100 Platinum = 10lb

Platinum

125000 Copper =5lb
25000 Silver = 5lb
2500 Gold = 5lb
500 Platinum = 5lb

Understanding Exhaustion

Understanding Winning