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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 979440" data-attributes="member: 99">For a couple of years when playing Rolemaster, we used actual coins for monetary treasure.  We used foreign currency that the GM picked up when out of the country in central america.  You can get a LOT of centavos for a few american dollars.When we found a bag of coins, he gave us an actual bag of coins.  When we bribed the barkeep for information, we tossed a few coins into a big cup in the center of the table.We used different nationalities of coinage to represent different coinage systems in the campaign world.  Working out the exchange rates and trying to bargain for the ones with stronger buying power ("Your Imperial coins are worth almost nothing out here in the frontier lands.") was an added intricacy for trade that made things fun.I don't know how well this would work for D&D because the quantities of coins involved tend to be a lot higher.  It would give the party a new appreciation for what it's like to walk around with a sack of a couple thousand coins though.</blockquote>