Coinage of the Kingdoms

CURRENCY of the SEVEN KINGDOMS The everyday currency of Ruttan consists mainly of coins and trade bars. With few exceptions, the standard currency adopted throughout the Kingdoms made use of platinum, gold, electrum, silver, and copper pieces of equal value, so they could be used interchangeably across different regions, as well as trade bars of standardized weights with fixed conversion rates. The exchange rates between coins of different materials has changed through history, but their relative value across regions remains mostly unaltered. As discussed within the Kingdoms, standard exchange rates were the following: 1 platinum piece = 1 platinum
= 10 gold
= 20 electrum
= 100 silver
= 1000 copper
During this latest time period, silver became the standard for trade bar currency. Most common trade bars of this period weighed 5 pounds, measuring 6 in by 2 in by 1 in and valued at 25 gp. Trade bars of other materials also existed. A gold bar weighing 1 pound was worth 50 gp; the same weight of copper was worth 5 sp; 1 pound of silver was worth 5 gp; and a 1‑pound bar of platinum was worth 500 gp. The dwarven kingdom normally used trade bars made of black iron and shaped like rectangular spindles. They were worth 10 gp in within the dwarflands and 5 gp across the rest of Ruttan. General Coin Names of the Kingdoms