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<blockquote data-quote="Vicaring" data-source="post: 6848355" data-attributes="member: 6803850"><p>I've actually given a lot of thought to this topic, and historic currencies, for my own campaign world.</p><p></p><p>For a start, Warhammer gets it wrong in keeping gold/silver/copper, although otherwise they are vaguely historic.</p><p></p><p>Historic English monies: 1 Pound Sterling (silver) = 20 Shillings (silver, still) = 240 Pennies (also still silver). This is NOT decimal, and was rather based upon weights. The smallest coin that could be made at the time was 1/240th of a Pound of silver. As in, a fellow cut up a pound and managed to make 240 coins out of it. They then called them Pennies. 12 Pennies to a Shilling, 20 Shillings to a Pound. Again, a Shilling was exactly 1/20th of a Pound. It was and is fairly easy bookkeeping.</p><p></p><p>The Noble, introduced in 1344, was the first widely-circulated gold coin in English usage. It was equal to 80 Pennies, or 6 Shillings 8 Pence. Because it had a fixed value, the coin's weight actually varied from "issuing" (minting) to issuing, depending on how much gold cost in silver terms at the time. The original, 1st issuing, was approximately 50.5 Nobles to 1 Pound of Gold.</p><p></p><p>Copper coins weren't introduced to the English system until 1672, when Charles II began issuing the Copper Halfpence and Farthing. 1 Halfpence was worth 1/2 of a Silver Penny, and 1 Farthing was worth 1/4 of a Silver Penny. There were approximately 40 Halfpence by weight in a Pound of Copper; do not, however, determine the relative worth of copper from this, because these coins actually had a "Face Value" greater than the value of the copper in them.</p><p></p><p>Were it me, I'd just stick with silver coins and be done with it. Gold wasn't often used by people anyway, as it was exceedingly valuable. I mean, seriously, 1 gold Noble equals one-third of a POUND of silver. Holy crap that's a lot of precious.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vicaring, post: 6848355, member: 6803850"] I've actually given a lot of thought to this topic, and historic currencies, for my own campaign world. For a start, Warhammer gets it wrong in keeping gold/silver/copper, although otherwise they are vaguely historic. Historic English monies: 1 Pound Sterling (silver) = 20 Shillings (silver, still) = 240 Pennies (also still silver). This is NOT decimal, and was rather based upon weights. The smallest coin that could be made at the time was 1/240th of a Pound of silver. As in, a fellow cut up a pound and managed to make 240 coins out of it. They then called them Pennies. 12 Pennies to a Shilling, 20 Shillings to a Pound. Again, a Shilling was exactly 1/20th of a Pound. It was and is fairly easy bookkeeping. The Noble, introduced in 1344, was the first widely-circulated gold coin in English usage. It was equal to 80 Pennies, or 6 Shillings 8 Pence. Because it had a fixed value, the coin's weight actually varied from "issuing" (minting) to issuing, depending on how much gold cost in silver terms at the time. The original, 1st issuing, was approximately 50.5 Nobles to 1 Pound of Gold. Copper coins weren't introduced to the English system until 1672, when Charles II began issuing the Copper Halfpence and Farthing. 1 Halfpence was worth 1/2 of a Silver Penny, and 1 Farthing was worth 1/4 of a Silver Penny. There were approximately 40 Halfpence by weight in a Pound of Copper; do not, however, determine the relative worth of copper from this, because these coins actually had a "Face Value" greater than the value of the copper in them. Were it me, I'd just stick with silver coins and be done with it. Gold wasn't often used by people anyway, as it was exceedingly valuable. I mean, seriously, 1 gold Noble equals one-third of a POUND of silver. Holy crap that's a lot of precious. [/QUOTE]
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