Wealth and Money

Coins

The most common coin is the copper piece (cp). 10 copper pieces are worth 1 silver piece. 10 silver pieces are worth 1 gold piece (gp). In addition to copper, silver, and gold coins, there are also platinum pieces (pp), which are each worth 10 gp.

The standard coin weighs about a third of an ounce (fifty to the pound).

Table 1: Coins

Exchange Value
Coin CP SP GP PP
Copper piece (cp) = 1 1/10 1/100 1/1,000
Silver piece (sp) = 10 1 1/10 1/100
Gold piece (gp) = 100 10 1 1/10
Platinum piece (pp) = 1,000 100 10 1


Wealth Other Than Coins

Merchants commonly exchange trade goods without using currency. As a means of comparison, some trade goods are detailed below.

Table 2: Trade Goods

Cost Item
1 cp One pound of wheat
2 cp One pound of flour, or one chicken
1 sp One pound of iron
5 sp One pound of tobacco or copper
1 gp One pound of cinnamon, or one goat
2 gp One pound of ginger or pepper, or one sheep
3 gp One pig
4 gp One square yard of linen
5 gp One pound of salt or silver
10 gp One square yard of silk, or one cow
15 gp One pound of saffron or cloves, or one ox
50 gp One pound of gold
500 gp One pound of platinum


Selling Loot

In general, a character can sell something for one-third of its listed price.

Trade goods are the exception to the one-third-price rule. A trade good, in this sense, is a valuable good that can be easily exchanged almost as if it were cash itself.

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