Currency

# Coins

The most basic type of treasure is money, including copper pieces (cp), silver pieces (sp), electrum pieces (ep), gold pieces (gp), and platinum pieces (pp). Fifty coins of any type weigh 1 pound.

Coin | Cp | Sp | Ep | Gp | Pp
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Copper | 1 | 1/10 | 1/50 | 1/100 | 1/1000
Silver | 10 | 1 | 1/5 | 1/10 | 1/100
Electrum | 50 | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/20
Gold | 100 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1/10
Platinum | 1,000 | 100 | 50 | 10 | 1

# Trade Goods

Most wealth is not in coins. It is measured in livestock, grain, land, rights to collect taxes, or rights to resources (such as a mine or a forest).

Guilds, nobles, and royalty regulate trade. Chartered companies are granted rights to conduct trade along certain routes, to send merchant chips to various ports, or to buy and sell specific goods. Guilds set prices for the goods or services that they control, and determine who may or may not offer those goods and services. Merchants commonly exchange trade goods without using currency. The Trade Goods table shows the value of commonly exchanged goods.

Cost | Goods
--- | ---
1 cp | 1 lb. of wheat
2 cp | 1 lb. of flour or one chicken
5 cp | 1 lb. of salt
1 sp | 1 lb. of iron or 1 sq. yd. of canvas
5 sp | 1 lb. of copper or 1 sq. yd. of cotton cloth
1 gp | 1 lb. of ginger or one goat
2 gp | 1 lb. of cinnamon or pepper, or one sheep
3 gp | 1 lb. of cloves or one pig
5 gp | 1 lb. of silver or 1 sq. yd. of linen
10 gp | 1 sq. yd. of silk or one cow
15 gp | 1 lb. of saffron or one ox
50 gp | 1 lb. of gold
500 gp | 1 lb. of platinum

# Gemstones

Gemstones are small, lightweight, and easily secured compared to their same value in coins.

10 gp Gemstones | Description
--- | ---
Azurite | Opaque mottled deep blue
Banded agate | Translucent striped brown, blue, white, or red
Blue quartz | Transparent pale blue
Eye agate | Translucent circles of gray, white, brown, blue, or green
Hematite | Opaque gray-black
Lapis lazuli | Opaque light and dark blue with yellow flecks
Malachite | Opaque striated light and dark green
Moss agate | Translucent pink or yellow-white with mossy gray or green markings
Obsidian | Opaque black
Rhodochrosite | Opaque light pink
Tigers eye | Translucent brown with golden center
Turquoise | Opaque light blue-green

50 gp Gemstones | Description
--- | ---
Bloodstone | Opaque dark gray with red flakes
Carnelian | Opaque orange to red-brown
Chalcedony | Opaque white
Chrysoprase | Translucent green
Citrine | Transparent pale yellow-brown
Jasper | Opaque blue, black, or brown
Moonstone | Translucent white with pale blue glow
Onyx | Opaque bands of black and white, or pure black and white
Quartz | Transparent white, smoky gray, or yellow
Sardonyx | Opaque bands of red and white
Star rose quartz | Translucent rosy stone with white star-shaped center
Zircon | Transparent pale blue-green

100 gp Gemstones | Description
--- | ---
Amber | Transparent watery gold to rich gold
Amethyst | Transparent deep purple
Chrysoberyl | Transparent yellow-green to pale green
Coral | Opaque crimson
Garnet | Transparent red, brown-green, or violet
Jade | Translucent light green, deep green, or white
Jet | Opaque deep black
Pearl | Opaque lustrous white, yellow, or pink
Spinel | Transparent red, red-brown, or deep green
Tourmaline | Transparent pale green, blue, brown, or red

500 gp Gemstones | Description
--- | ---
Alexandrite | Transparent dark green
Aquamarine | Transparent pale blue-green
Black pearl | Opaque pure black
Blue spinel | Transparent deep blue
Peridot | Transparent rich olive green
Topaz | Transparent golden yellow

1000 gp Gemstones | Description
--- | ---
Black opal | Translucent dark green with black mottling and golden flecks
Blue sapphire | Transparent blue-white to medium blue
Emerald | Transparent deep bright green
Fire opal | Translucent fiery red
Opal | Translucent pale blue with green and golden mottling
Star ruby | Translucent ruby with white star-shaped center
Star sapphire | Translucent blue sapphire with white star-shaped center
Yellow-sapphire | Transparent fiery yellow or yellow-green

5000 gp Gemstones | Description
--- | ---
Black sapphire | Translucent lustrous black with glowing highlights
Diamond | Transparent blue-white, canary, pink, brown, or blue
Jacinth | Transparent fiery orange
Ruby | Transparent clear red to deep crimson

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