Currency of Sevaria
Coins of Sevaria
During the early years of the unification of Sevaria, coins minted by the former powers of the land Sevaria now occupied continued to be used and circulate. Soon, however, the first King Sevaria established a nation-wide currency from the mint of Duruskof. These coins, produced in three values, quickly supplanted the pre-existing currencies which were often gathered by Sevarian authorities and sent to Duruskof to be melted down. Since then, an additional mint has been licensed to operate in Volsinii. All coins produced in Sevaria feature the current reigning monarch, at the time of production, on their obverse side.Copper Part
Less common than the silver piece but far more prevalent than the gold piece is the copper piece. A copper piece is produced in the mint at Duruskof by the creation of a circular coin which is then divided into four equal portions while still hot, producing a wedged shape coin. It is from this quartering that the coin derives its common name, the part, as each coin is "a part of the whole." Originally, twelves copper pieces, three full circles, equalled a silver piece but, over the years, value of the coin has drifted and now ten parts are equal to a silver gryph.Silver Gryph
The silver piece, known colloquially as a gryph, is the most produced and most widely used coin amongst the common population of Sevaria. Two variations of the silver piece exist: the original Duruskof produced coins feature a grizzly bear while the later Volsinii coins feature the gryphound. As production of silver coins in Duruskof wound down in favour of the production of golden lords, the Volsinii variant eventual became more widespread across the entire nation, leading to the adoption of "gryph" as the coin's popular name. Ten silver gryphs are equal in value to a gold lord.Gold Lords
The least common of coins in Sevaria is the gold piece, used predominantly by larger businesses and adventurers. Although many transactions are conducted in gold pieces, very few of the coins physically change hands, instead moving between individuals in the form of letters of credit or being shifted from one banking account to another. The popular name of the gold piece is the lord, so named as the Duruskof variant of the coin originally featured the meeting house of the Council of Lords. Although the Volsinii variant of the coin continues to bear this image, the Duruskof mold has been changed multiple times over the years, featuring various important landmarks from across the land; currently, the Duruskof gold pieces displays an image of the primary Temple of Niades in Duruskof.Trade Bars of Sevaria
While small amounts of coins work well for day-to-day use and in the hands of the common folk who might never see more than a handful of gold at a single time, it quickly becomes impractical to transport even a reasonably large sum of wealth in coin form. To ease trade, the Sevarian government authorized the use of trade bars in the nation while conducting business in the name of Sevaria. Eventually these bars came to be adopted by most businesses and much of the manufacture and use of them passed into the hands of businesses and private individuals.Iron Tab
The simplest form of trade bar is known as the iron tab. Each tab is a small piece of iron, approximately five centimeters long by two centimeters wide at a centimeter thickness, imprinted with the name and official seal of the backing bank or trade house. Weighing about one hundred grams, the exact value of a tab depends on its backer although most organizations will value them at one hundred gold lords. These are especially popular with travelers and adventurers as their low weight to value ratio make them much easier to carry on long trips.
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