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Post by geoffrey on Jun 4, 2017 8:07:13 GMT -6
I created some mock D&D coins and posted some photos back in 2009. Thank you for posting that. I was reading this thread thinking, "That one guy with a photo of a handful of big coins really illustrated what D&D coins look like. I wonder where I can find that?" And voila! Waysoftheearth to the rescue!  |
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Post by Scott Anderson on Jun 11, 2017 6:19:53 GMT -6
Anyway, they're fantasy coins. They don't have to equal real coins and they don't have to have the value of real metals. They just have to measure encumbrance, XP, and buying power.
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Post by howandwhy99 on Jun 11, 2017 7:08:36 GMT -6
Values change for everything depending on time and place, need and desire. It's certainly possible more metals and gems exist in D&D-land. As player and DM I've seen local economies crashed by successful adventurers.
I remember it was a big deal that D&D prices were "boomtown" prices out on the edges of civilization.
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Post by murquhart72 on Jul 4, 2017 16:46:52 GMT -6
We owe an austro-hungrian golden coin at home (a wedding present from elderly relatives). It weights 33 grams (about one troy ounce). A D&D gold coin is about 45 grams (ten coins to the pound), so a golden gygaxian crown would be one third bigger. (now that I think of it I like "golden Gygax" as a name for my D&D money ...) Don't you mean one third THICKER? Big coins are no fun, but a thick manly hunk of metal you can roll around and CLUCK on the merchant's counter? "Priceless"! |
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