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<blockquote data-quote="Loonook" data-source="post: 5902939" data-attributes="member: 1861"><p>Which is why I posted about two pages worth of analysis of your situation and priced out gold, silver, and copper based on the silver standard (again, not uncommon among during the period). </p><p></p><p>See <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/322661-value-copper-piece.html#post5901951" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/322661-value-copper-piece.html#post5902057" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/322661-value-copper-piece.html#post5902148" target="_blank">here</a> for how the actual coinage comes to the same use of a copper piece being worth around $1.17.</p><p></p><p>_________________________________________________________________________</p><p></p><p>EDIT: As a Commodity coin represents a certain amount of inherent value per unit. There is a possibility that Gold has the same fluctuations within a standard D&D economy. In the most well-known discussion of famine in the Western World:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>And I heard a voice from among The Beasts, which said, “A two-quart measure of wheat for a denarius and three two-quart measures of barley for a denarius, and you shall not harm the wine and the oil.” (Rev 6:6, Aramaic Transl. to English).</strong></p><p></p><p>The 'measure' used for wheat (a more pricey but more filling grain) versus barley (cheaper to grow but not as nourishing). <a href="http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-barley-pearled-cooked-i20006" target="_blank">6 quarts of pearled barley </a> provides enough Calories for about a day and a half worth of nourishment (4632 KCal), and <a href="http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-wheat-hard-white-i20074" target="_blank">two quarts of Wheat</a> is a little over that (5256 KCal). The wide discrepancy is due to wheat being heavier by volume than Barley and a denser, more nutrient rich mix. An average height (5'6") physically active male individual of 150 lbs who is working at a strenuous pace needs around <a href="http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm" target="_blank">3000 calories</a> at minimum... Though of course this is probably calculating 8 hour days of activity rather than 12-14 hours which was more common during the period.</p><p></p><p>A day's wages was considered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius" target="_blank">1 denarius </a> (a silver piece) during the Roman period and that number stayed put in most areas for quite some time. This means that Famine was seen to have raised prices for bare survival of a man to a day's wages for food alone. Now at our current living arrangements from our previous discussions we just would calculate median incomes from that point and bring ourselves to our previous conclusions... The cost of food/day for our sample family of 6 would rise astronomically in comparison to its current levels, </p><p>bringing total costs to around 12 GP/mo for food alone, or $1404/mo in food costs.</p><p></p><p>Slainte,</p><p></p><p>-Loonook.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loonook, post: 5902939, member: 1861"] Which is why I posted about two pages worth of analysis of your situation and priced out gold, silver, and copper based on the silver standard (again, not uncommon among during the period). See [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/322661-value-copper-piece.html#post5901951"]here[/URL], [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/322661-value-copper-piece.html#post5902057"]here[/URL], and [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/322661-value-copper-piece.html#post5902148"]here[/URL] for how the actual coinage comes to the same use of a copper piece being worth around $1.17. _________________________________________________________________________ EDIT: As a Commodity coin represents a certain amount of inherent value per unit. There is a possibility that Gold has the same fluctuations within a standard D&D economy. In the most well-known discussion of famine in the Western World: [CENTER][B]And I heard a voice from among The Beasts, which said, “A two-quart measure of wheat for a denarius and three two-quart measures of barley for a denarius, and you shall not harm the wine and the oil.” (Rev 6:6, Aramaic Transl. to English).[/B][/CENTER] The 'measure' used for wheat (a more pricey but more filling grain) versus barley (cheaper to grow but not as nourishing). [URL="http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-barley-pearled-cooked-i20006"]6 quarts of pearled barley [/URL] provides enough Calories for about a day and a half worth of nourishment (4632 KCal), and [URL="http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-wheat-hard-white-i20074"]two quarts of Wheat[/URL] is a little over that (5256 KCal). The wide discrepancy is due to wheat being heavier by volume than Barley and a denser, more nutrient rich mix. An average height (5'6") physically active male individual of 150 lbs who is working at a strenuous pace needs around [URL="http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm"]3000 calories[/URL] at minimum... Though of course this is probably calculating 8 hour days of activity rather than 12-14 hours which was more common during the period. A day's wages was considered [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarius"]1 denarius [/URL] (a silver piece) during the Roman period and that number stayed put in most areas for quite some time. This means that Famine was seen to have raised prices for bare survival of a man to a day's wages for food alone. Now at our current living arrangements from our previous discussions we just would calculate median incomes from that point and bring ourselves to our previous conclusions... The cost of food/day for our sample family of 6 would rise astronomically in comparison to its current levels, bringing total costs to around 12 GP/mo for food alone, or $1404/mo in food costs. Slainte, -Loonook. [/QUOTE]
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