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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 5951666" data-attributes="member: 50304">It's a little awkward to say, but there's a disconnect where dirt-farming peasants deal in property that's normally liquidated into gold coins. I'm not saying a farmer's total net worth couldn't be counted in several gold crowns, but even when buying farm animals, draft horses, and building barns and farmhouses I doubt anything but silver and copper change hands.Copper: Common Currency among PeasantsSilver: Big Items for Peasants (Animals, Wagons, Small Boats, Buildings), Common Currency among Merchants (Trade Goods and Bulk Commodities)Gold: Big Items for Merchants / Artisans (Armor, Weapons, Art, Workshops, Warehouses, and Barges), Common Currency among Nobles (Real Estate, Patronage, Troops)Platinum: Big Items for Nobility (Manors, Festivals, Ships, Dowries), Common Currency among Governments (Public Works, Tribute / Ransom, Armies)Ideally the mythical dragon's horde where he sleeps on a bed of tens of thousands of Gold Crowns plus scepters, gems, and other richers is more than a king's ransom - it's probably enough to raise and army and take a kingdom by force or found your own fledgling city-state. It shouldn't be "almost enough to buy a +6 Belt of Giant's Strength."- Marty Lund</blockquote>