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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mythusmage" data-source="post: 537918" data-attributes="member: 571">Revised CurrencyAfter giving it some thought, I've decided to change the scheme a bit. The metals remain copper, silver, and gold, but now the values are as follows: (All values are in U.S. dollars)Copper: One dollar an ounce.Silver: Twenty dollars an ounce.Gold: One thousand dollars an ounce.In this iteration I decided to use U.S. currency. The coins below are listed according to metal and weight, with weight given in "grains". For those not in the know, the grain is a measure of weight approximately equal to the weight of a grain of wheat. For simplicity's sake I've set it at 400 grains to the ounce, though in reality it's actually a bit less. (You'll also note that the above values are somewhat higher than real world metal prices.) Having said all this, I now present my revised Ki Currency.The CoinsPenny: cu, 4 grains (1 cent)Nickel: cu, 20 grains (5 cents)Dime: cu, 40 grains (10 cents)Quarter: cu, 100 grains (25 cents)Half Dollar: ag, 10 grains (50 cents)Dollar: ag, 20 grains (1 dollar)2 Dollar: ag, 40 grains (2 dollars)5 Dollar: ag, 100 grains (5 dollars)10 Dollar: au, 4 grains (10 dollars)20 Dollar: au, 8 grains (20 dollars)50 Dollars: au, 20 grains (50 dollars)100 Dollar: au, 40 grains (100 dollars)1,000 Dollar: au, 400 grains (1,000 dollars)You'll note that most coins are quite small. At 20 grains the silver dollar comes in at 20 to the ounce, 320 to the pound. Still, the Ki equivalent of a 5,000 gold piece horde is a weighty subject.Converting from the standard D&D gold piece is straighforward. One gold piece equal one silver dollar. So somebody with 300 gold pieces on him would, in the new scheme, have 300 silver dollars.Everything I said above regarding letters of credit and paper money still applies.Let me know what you think.</blockquote>

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