Money

Money in the Fort Vickery campaign follows the following standards and value breakdowns:
 * Copper: A pound of copper has a value 1/2 GP and a valume of just over 3 cubic inches. Copper is coined at 50 coins per pound. This places the value of a Copper at .01 GP and makes a Copper about the size of a real world Susan B Anthony dollar.


 * Silver: A pound of silver is valued at 10 GP per pound and has a volume of just over 2 1/2 cubic inches. Silver is coined at 100 coins per pound. This places the value of a Silver at .1 GP and makes a Silver about the size of a real world nickel.


 * Gold: A pound of gold is valued at 200 GP per pound and has a volume of just under 1 1/2 cubic inches. Gold is coined at 200 coins per pound. This makes a Gold the size of a real world dime.


 * Platinum: A pound of platinum is valued at 2000 GP per pound and has a volume of 1 1/4 cubic inches. Platinum has no standard coin weights and rarely minted in any form representing less than 100 GP.


 * Residuum: A pound of residuum is valued at 7000 GP and under normal conditions is a fine powder with a volume of 24 cubic inches. Residum is a particulate which naturally forms in small grains each equivilant to a single GP. Someone trained in arcana can influence the interaction of the grains with each other or with surrounding magical effects. This can be done on a mass scale or on individual grains. This allows residuum to maniulated in a wide variety of ways and with a great deal of precision. It also means that an arcanist can effectivly alter the volume and behavior of a given quanity of residium, having it act as a liquid or even as a solid.


 * Astral Diamonds: Astral diamonds are natural formation found on the astral plane. They are unique in the fact that they only form in a single size and shape. Any force powerful enought to alter them in the slightess way causes them to evaporate completely back to the astral ether. A single point of damage over thier hardness of 25 destroys the diamond completly. This means that they have come to represent the ultimate in counterfeit proof currency. Each astral diamond is 225 carats and in the form of a real world Royal Assher Cut diamond and is valued at 8000 gp.

In Kedra, the assaying and minting of coins is a monopoly held by the military. They charge a 2% fee for the service.

In Dessit, the assaying and minting of coins is handled through royally chartered banks. Their rates often change and are sometime negotiable.