Coins of the Realm

Nearly every major city-state and nation in Faerûn has their own denominations and mints their own currency. Not all cities minted every type of coin, however. The following sections specify the names of the most widely used and accepted currencies across Faerûn and other locations on Toril. Their exchange rates are as follows:
1 platinum piece
=10 gold
=20 electrum
=100 silver
=1000 copper

Amn

• platinum piece: "roldon"
• gold piece: "danter"
• electrum piece: "centaur"
• silver piece: "taran"
• copper piece: "fander"

Cornmyr

• platinum piece: "tricrown"
• gold piece: "golden lion"
• electrum: "blue eye"
• silver piece: "falcon"
• copper piece: "thumb"

Although gold coins, the most common coin used by adventurers are often called golden lions throughout the Realms, only the Cormyrian coins were actually stamped with the figure of a lion.

Sembia

• gold piece: "noble"
• electrum piece: "blue eye"
• silver piece: "hawk"
• copper (iron piece): "steelpence"

Silverymoon

• platinum piece: "unicorn"
• gold piece: "dragon"
• electrum piece: "sword"
• silver piece: "shield"
• copper piece: "glint"

In addition to these coins, Silverymoon also minted the crescent-shaped electrum "moon", whose value is 2 unicorns in Silverymoon and nearby settlements and 1 unicorns everywhere else. A round "eclipsed moon", rated 5 unicorns in Silverymoon and 2 unicorns elsewhere.

Waterdeep

• platinum piece: "sun"
• gold piece: "dragons"
• electrum piece: "sambar"
• silver piece: "shard"
• copper piece: "nib"

Like Silverymoon, Waterdeep also minted two special coins. The square brass "Taol" is worth 2 dragons, but had no value elsewhere, so they are usually exchanged when one left the city. The palm-sized crescent-shaped platinum "harbor moon" is rated 50 dragons in the city, but roughly 30 dragons elsewhere. Both taol and harbor moons are pierced to enable the berear to string multiple coins together.

Zhentil Keep:

• platinum piece: platinum glory ("flat metal gem")
• gold piece: glory ("weeping wolf")
• electrum piece: tareth ("hardhammer")
• silver piece: talon ("flea-bit")
• copper piece: fang ("dung piece")

Unlike most people who call the coins by their original goverment-issued name, Zhentil Keep has given unflattering nicknames to their own.