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MELTING
POINTS OF COMMON METALS
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Coin |
Value |
Description |
What can you buy? |
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Spoke |
Smallest Coin |
Small grooved copper rod, with a divot on one
end and the other scored |
A small piece of fruit, a san |
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Low Wheel |
6 Spokes |
Small round copper coin, with a horseshoe on one
side and a plain obverse |
A fruit |
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Wheel |
4 Low Wheels |
Small square copper coin with a spoked wheel on
one side and a plain obverse |
A poor meal |
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High Wheel |
2 Wheels |
Small triangular copper coin with the head of a
horse on one side and a plain obverse |
A bushel of fruit (6-12 fruits) |
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Low Imperial |
3 High Wheels |
Brass coin, triangular with rounded corners,
with the imperial seal on one side and the profile of the Empress on the
obverse |
A good meal |
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Low Staff |
4 Low Staves |
Small round brass coin, with the Librarian's
Guild seal on one side and a book on the obverse |
A sword |
|
Staff |
Silver |
Square brass coin, with the Librarian's Guild
seal on one side and a chalice on the obverse |
A livestock animal |
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High Staff |
2 Staves |
Octagonal brass coin, with the Librarian's Guild
seal on one side and the Library Tower on the obverse |
A night's meal and entertainment |
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Imperial |
3 High Staves |
Silver coin, octagonal with rounded corners,
with the imperial seal on one side and the profile of the Empress on the
obverse |
The wages for a month for a common soldier |
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Low Key |
6 High Staves |
Small octagonal silver coin, with the Guard's
Council seal on one side and a sword on the obverse |
A garment made of rocksilk |
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Key |
4 Low Keys |
Octagonal silver coin, with the Guard's Council
seal on one side and a shield on the obverse |
Gems or metal of a Gleam's worth |
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High Key |
2 Keys |
Square silver coin, with the Guard's Council
seal on one side and a ship on the obverse |
A roll of Taarshinite silk |
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High Imperial |
3 High Keys |
Gold coin, square with rounded corners, with the
Imperial seal on one side and the profile of the Empress on the obverse |
Passage on a ship to Sarvonia, with good
personal quarters and meals |
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Low Crown |
6 High Keys |
Round gold coin, with the Imperial Court seal on
one side and the profile of a raven on the obverse |
Fifteen Goldbards |
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Crown |
4 Low Crowns |
Round gold coin with the Imperial Court seal on
one side and the profile of a turtle on the obverse |
A small feast |
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High Crown |
2 Crowns |
Round gold coin with the Imperial Court seal on
one side and the profile of a crown on the obverse. |
A Moonbright of metal or gems |
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Great Imperial |
3 High Crowns |
Large rectangular gold coin, the edges plated
with aurium, bearing the Imperial seal on one side and the portrait of the
Empress on the obverse |
Used in Imperial gifts and transactions |
