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shared_worlds:thick_as_thieves_city_commerce [2016/08/28 01:07] – [Monetary units] petikeshared_worlds:thick_as_thieves_city_commerce [2019/03/29 15:13] – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 Melzan coins are universally called **griffins**, in reference to the traditional supporters seen in Melza's full coat of arms. (As a professional thief, you'll be regularly hearing from your bosses or bidders to secure this or that sum of griffins during a heist, in addition to other potential loot.) All current Melzan coins, in the city itself as well as its surrounding countryside, feature a single example of this upright heraldic griffin on their reverse (back side). The obverse (front side) features different motifs, which vary depending on the metal and monetary value.  Melzan coins are universally called **griffins**, in reference to the traditional supporters seen in Melza's full coat of arms. (As a professional thief, you'll be regularly hearing from your bosses or bidders to secure this or that sum of griffins during a heist, in addition to other potential loot.) All current Melzan coins, in the city itself as well as its surrounding countryside, feature a single example of this upright heraldic griffin on their reverse (back side). The obverse (front side) features different motifs, which vary depending on the metal and monetary value. 
  
-Griffins are subdivided into **golden baronats**, (colloquially "nats"; not be confused with baronets and roughly equivalent to real world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducat|ducats]]), **silver thalers** (originally called "groshen" or "groats", the names are still used colloquially) and the humble **copper hellers**. Golden coins are the most valuable and least common, with silver ones more common and copper ones predictably the commonest of all. Due to the non-decimalisation of Melzan currency (and much of Aporuean currency in general), the exchange rates of coins are not neatly based on tens. E.g. 1 baronat //does not// divide neatly into 10 thalers. Currently, 1 baronat is worth some 7 thalers or 84 hellers. 1 thaler is in turn worth 12 hellers.+Griffins are subdivided into **golden baronats**, (colloquially "nats"; not be confused with baronets and roughly equivalent to real world [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducat|ducats]]), **silver thalers** (originally called "groshen" or "groats", the names are still used colloquially) and the humble **copper hellers**. Golden coins are the most valuable and least common, with silver ones more common and copper ones predictably the commonest of all. Due to the non-decimalisation of Melzan currency (and much of Aporuean currency in general), the exchange rates of coins are not neatly based on tens. E.g. 1 baronat //does not// divide neatly into 10 thalers. Currently, 1 baronat is worth some 7 thalers or 84 hellers. 1 thaler is in turn worth 12 hellers. (A single thaler is often simply dubbed "a dozen", with 6 hellers being referred to as a "half-thaler".)
  
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