Coinage on Duria

Coinage throughout Duria tends to be minted in the “common” precious metals, including (in increasing order of worth) copper, silver, gold and, rarely, platinum and electrum. The ability to mint coinage is considered the hallmark of a stable nation, so most human and dwarven nations mint their own coinage of varying degrees of purity and worth.

The most common coins in circulation internationally are Koramian, Neptaran and, to a lesser degree, Imperial coins.

The BUC

Original article: The BUC

To make conversion between different coinages easier, each coin is assigned a BUC (Basic Unit of Currency) value. This value exists only as a means for players and Dungeon Masters to convert coinage… no moneylender in Duria actually uses this terminology when converting coinage.

Generally, 1 BUC = 1 silver coin, except in regions where the standard silver coin is heavily debased.

When converting from the prices in the Pathfinder rules, 1 BUC = 1 gp. Gold is relatively rare in Feyworld, so most places are on a silver standard (essentially, all prices given in the Pathfinder rules are actually 1/10 of their given value in Feyworld).

Imperial Coinage

• 1 copper semi = 0.05 BUC
• 1 copper as = 2 semissis; 0.10 BUC
• 1 bronze dupondius = 2 asses; 0.20 BUC
• 1 silver sestertius = 2.5 asses; 0.25 BUC
• 1 silver denarius = 4 sestertiae; 1.00 BUC
• 1 gold aureus = 25 denari; 25.00 BUC
• 1 platinum solidus = 4 aurei; 100.00 BUC

Silver Denarius Standard

1/100 solidus = 1/25 aureus = 1 denarius = 4 sestertiae = 5 dupondi = 10 asses = 20 semissis

Imperial Coin Weights

One pound of coins is equal to:

• 200 copper semissis
• 100 copper asses
• 100 bronze dupondius
• 100 silver sestertius
• 50 silver denari
• 40 gold aurei
• 100 platinum solidus

Koramian Coinage

• 1 copper farthing = 0.004 BUC
• 1 copper penny = 4 copper farthings; 0.017 BUC
• 1 silver shilling = 12 pence; 0.20 BUC
• 1 silver crown = 5 shillings; 1.00 BUC
• 1 gold pound = 4 crowns; 4.00 BUC
• 1 platinum noble = 20 pounds; 80.00 BUC

Silver Crown Standard

1/80 noble = 1/4 pound = 1 crown = 5 shillings = 60 pence = 240 farthings

Koramian Coin Weights

One pound of coins is equal to:

• 100 copper pennies
• 200 silver shillings
• 100 silver crowns
• 50 silver pounds
• 50 gold nobles

Neptaran Coinage

• 1 copper obelisk = 0.004 BUC
• 1 bronze obol = 20 obelisks; 0.083 BUC
• 1 silver drachma = 6 oboli; 0.50 BUC
• 1 gold mina = 50 drachma; 25.00 BUC
• 1 platinum talent = 10 minae; 250.00 BUC

Silver Drachma Standard

1/250 talent = 1/50 mina = 1 drachma = 6 oboli = 120 obelisks

Neptaran Coin Weights

One pound of coins is equal to:

• 50 platinum talents
• 40 gold mina
• 40 silver drachma
• 240 silver obol
• 200 copper obelisks