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currency is at present the easiest coin to trade at
proper values across national lines. Rhul is known
to have the most exacting standards for consistent
weight and purity of their coin, so its currency is also
widely accepted, if less common.
Cygnaran Coinage
The following coins are in standard use throughout
Cygnar and are widely accepted in other kingdoms as
well. The following table lists the currency along with
its standard value within Cygnar’s borders.
Farthing 1 copper
Halfshield 5 copper
Shield 1 silver
Groat 25 copper
Halfcrown 5 silver
Crown 1 gold
Swan 2 gold
Tower 1 platinum
Groats are no longer commonly traded (most
people prefer to deal in shields and halfshields) but
are still used by individuals of the lower classes to
whom a crown is quite a bit of money. The upper
classes completely mistrust groats due to extensive
counterfeiting in generations past. Halfcrowns have
been less popular than expected among traders who
seem to prefer to use full crowns or shields. Swans
and towers are quite uncommon among the lower
classes but appear often enough among those who
trade in volume and do not want to be carry heavy
coin purses.
Showing too many swans or towers (or even crowns)
in the wrong circles is a good way to get marked for
theft. Most merchants do not enjoy making a lot of
change and appreciate a customer who can pay in the
right coin.
Conversion Rates
In Ord and Llael, Cygnaran coins fetch 95 to 100
percent of their actual value, but that figure drops
to 85 percent in Khador and even lower in remote
areas. Rhul accepts these coins at 90 percent value
due to their strong trade relations with the Cygnaran
government. Ios has very specific trade arrangements
and does not generally allow outsiders freely into
their kingdom let alone allow them to utilize foreign
currencies. Sanctioned visitors to the Protectorate can
purchase local coin from Temple Scrutator-Treasurers
at a rate of 7 marks per Cygnaran crown (70 percent of
the actual value), but they generally only trade in raw
bullion or ingots of precious metals or iron. When the
Protectorate first started making their clay currency,
they set the exchange rate at a face value of 10 marks
per Cygnaran crown but the rate has steadily declined
in the years since.
Khadoran Coinage
The following coins are in use in Khador:
Horn 1 copper
Hoof 1 silver
Talon 1 gold
Fang 1 platinum
Standard weights for coins of each major precious
metal were established during the Corvis Treaties, thus
Khadoran coins generally have similar weight (though
not always size and shape) as Cygnaran. One side of
each coin shows the stylized image for which the coin
is named; the other bears the face of the monarch
reigning when the coin was minted.
Conversion Rates
Khadoran talons, hooves, and horns are much
more common than fangs. During the reign of King
Ivad Vanar, a large number of devalued fangs were
minted at a lighter weight than standard, making some
merchants suspicious of them to this day.
In Ord and Rhul, Khadoran currency converts at
about 85 percent and drops to 80 percent in Cygnar.
When relations with Khador were friendlier (before
604 AR), the Protectorate accepted Khadoran coin
at 9 marks to the talon which visitors were required
to exchange in most instances. In the aftermath of
Khador’s aggressive expansion and in the resulting
political climate, Khadoran coinage has devalued in
the Protectorate and now only exchanges for 6 marks
to the talon when the temple will exchange it at all.
Before Khador invaded and occupied Llael, Llaelese
merchants exchanged Khadoran coins for about 80
percent of their face value. After the occupation,
Khadoran currency became much more common and
is now used interchangeably with local currency in the
most heavily fortified areas of the occupied territory.
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