Before the War of Conquest, the golden coins of the Reach were known as hands. They still exist in some number, with each hand coin roughly half the value of a dragon coin.
Currency Conversions
Coins | Dragon | Moon | Stag | Star | Groat | Halfgroat | Penny |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dragon | 1 | ||||||
Moon | 30 | 1 | |||||
Stag | 210 | 7 | 1 | ||||
Star | 1470 | 49 | 7 | 1 | |||
Groat | 2940 | 98 | 14 | 2 | 1 | ||
Halfgroat | 5880 | 196 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Penny | 11760 | 392 | 56 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Halfpenny | 23520 | 784 | 112 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
Copper Coins
Halfpenny
Penny = 2 Halfpennies
Half Groat = 2 Pennies
Groat = 4 Pennies
Star = 8 Pennies
Silver Coins
Stag = 7 Stars (or 56 Pennies)
Moon = 7 Stags (or 392 Pennies)
Gold Coins
Gold Dragon = 210 Stags (or 30 Moons, or 11,760 Pennies)
Copper groats and stars and silver moons are rarer coins than copper half-pennies, copper pennies, and silver stags. You are more likely to be carrying 10 pennies than a star and two pennies, or have 201 stags in a sack rather than 30 moons in a purse.
Starting Funds
Wonder what sort of funds your character would have? Below is a rough guideline of the six different wealth levels. This is 'In hand' money.
Destitute: 50 Silver Stags
Poor: 3 Gold Dragons, 105 Silver Stags - Equivalent in Silver Stags: 735
Comfortable: 7 Gold Dragons - Equivalent in Silver Stags: 1,470
Wealthy: 10 gold dragons, 105 silver stags - Equivalent in Silver Stags: 2,205
Rich: 14 Gold Dragons - Equivalent in Silver Stags: 2,940
Opulent: 17 Gold Dragon, 105 Silver Stags - Equivalent in Silver Stags: 3,675