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[[Ryoka]] remarked at one point ''"Local currencies differ from city to city or by region. It’s still gold, silver, and copper, but some denominations have a unique weight and percentage of actual silver or gold used in each coin. Those who deal with money a lot care about the currency, but they’re all roughly silver, gold, and copper coins.''<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/12/1-01-r/ Chapter 1.01 R (Archived)]</ref> Not every nation produces its own coins. Coins have the crest of the power that backs them, and the flag of the Mint-City that produced it. Known Izrilian coin-backers included [[Salazsar]], [[Manus]], [[Terland Family|House Terland]], [[Reinhart Family|House Reinhart]], and Ottopren. Known Mint-Cities include Salazsar and Ottopren.<ref name=":0" /> | [[Ryoka]] remarked at one point ''"Local currencies differ from city to city or by region. It’s still gold, silver, and copper, but some denominations have a unique weight and percentage of actual silver or gold used in each coin. Those who deal with money a lot care about the currency, but they’re all roughly silver, gold, and copper coins.''<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/12/1-01-r/ Chapter 1.01 R (Archived)]</ref> Not every nation produces its own coins. Coins have the crest of the power that backs them, and the flag of the Mint-City that produced it. Known Izrilian coin-backers included [[Salazsar]], [[Manus]], [[Terland Family|House Terland]], [[Reinhart Family|House Reinhart]], and Ottopren. Known Mint-Cities include Salazsar and Ottopren.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Summing things up, it means that Innworld adheres closely to the famous fantasy trope of the [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoldSilverCopperStandard Gold-Silver-Copper Standard] which allows quick assessment of value without going deeper into the intricacies of an underlying currency system. Which would probably bore most of the readers. ''Note that having a stable, universal system working on this trimetal standard means to trust everyone never to cheat this system (as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debasement institutions] or as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_coin_debasement individuals]), and that the value of all three metals remains perpetually unchanged. So far, no apparent central institution appeared that issues and standardizes the coins, and the banking system of the Merchant's guild was similarly not touched in the story. For real-world systems of a silver-gold bimetal standard, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimetallism Bimetallism].'' | |||
[[File:Ryokabanner by Raoul Solomon.png|400px|center|thumb|Gold coins in the Wandering Inn site banner by [http://www.corellastudios.com/corella-studios-about-us.html Raoul Solomon]]] | [[File:Ryokabanner by Raoul Solomon.png|400px|center|thumb|Gold coins in the Wandering Inn site banner by [http://www.corellastudios.com/corella-studios-about-us.html Raoul Solomon]]] |