Money in the Empire

The primary monetary unit of the Empire is the silver kwart, called either a silver or a kwart or silver kwart. The lower domination of coin, the ein, is mostly used by the working poor and subsistence farmers. The higher denomination, the shekel, is used only by the rich. Nobles, merchants, high ranking guild members will often think in shekels, but a peasant could live their whole lives and never see more than a kwart. Each duchy has a mint that mints the coins according to specifications supplied by the imperial mint in Lumeaux. There are two coins that are used very rarely called the katlyn and clain. These coins are minted only by the imperial mint and are solid gold discs. There value is detailed in the table below, but in practice the value of these coins can be much higher due to their rarity. The clain is slightly bigger than then katlyn. It is common practice to transport wealth as gems rather than coins if transporting great sums of money for some distance. The gemcutters guild will turn gold into gems and gems back into a gold for a modest fee. For a slightly higher fee, they will even transport the wealth on your behalf and guarantee its safe arrival.

The design of coins:

• Ein: A small copper colored coin with an imprint of a wheat sheaf. The plural of an ein is einars.
• Kwart: A silver coin with the stylized representation of the duke of the duchy which minted the coin.
• Shekel: A gold tinted coin with the stylized representation of the emperor.
• Katlyn: A solid gold coin with a Fibonacci spiral which is also the symbol of the rechtsprechers
• Clain: A solid gold coin with a dragon, which is also the symbol of the imperial house

Value of Coins

Imperial Coat of Arms (full)

Imperial Coat of Arms: A double rimmed wheel with 5 spokes and a crown. All coins have the imperial wheel on the one side and a design on the other.

Sayings about money

If the people of the Empire speak of tossing a coin, they will ask: Face or Wheel?