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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 2775523" data-attributes="member: 871">For simplicity's sake, a coin is a coin is a coin...With that being said, I used to be interested in having various forms of currencies for various realms/regions, but it just proves to be a headache.  Heck, it's been big enough of a headache for my players whenever I've run Lankhmar (which has iron, bronze, silver, gold, & the ultra-rare diamond-in-amber currencies).  Even in the Realms game that I'm gearing up to run here shortly, I'm sure there's various types of coinage, but regardless of the shape/size/purity of the metal/etc., it still basically boils down to the D&D coin value & weight standards (unless noted otherwise).For a homebrew game idea I intend to use down the line, I'm going to go with a silver standard (with silver taking the place of gold; I'll throw in a new metal base for either the $0.01 or $0.10 value coin).  Yet, even then, the values of this new cash will be relatively universal, but mainly due to massive economic pressures from merchants to use a standard system for ease of trade (not to mention ease of counting; what wonderful revolutions come about from the introduction of the concept of zero).</blockquote>