Money

'I'm so dirt poor, I can't even afford to pay attention'- Bennie.
All across the Cradle, different places used different coinage and currency. It depended on where you were. This page details a quick chart of metals, and then different regions' money. Compared to real life, with a lot of wiggle room, 1 copper piece roughly could be equivalent to a dollar.
== Standard Coinage ==
Luckily, one thing was fairly standardised, and that was the conversion rates. Hooray for decimalisation - it would be a bloody nightmare without it. Some regions used other metals, which were fairly standardised within this hierarchy. 'Standard' metals are in bold type.
Coinage, High -> Low
Casting Metal	Conversion
Iridium 	1 platinum
Platinum 	1000 gold
Chrome 	1 gold
Gold 	10 silver
Electrum 	5 silver
Iron 	1 silver
Sterling 	1 silver
Silver 	10 copper
Copper 	
Tin 	1 copper
Bronze 	1 copper
== New World Standard (Default Currency!) ==
The New World Standard was adopted in the mid-late 1500s in many places worldwide, especially across the Danderillon, Lakayan Federation, and down the Luskan Peninsula.
New World Coinage
Casting Metals 	Name 	Symbol	Conversion	Post-God Wars: Exact Equivalent
White Asterium 	Horn 	h 	1 platinum	Asterium Crown
Red Gold 	Réale 	ŕ 	1 gold 	Gold Crown
Sterling Silver	Florin	ƒ 	1 silver 	Sterling Crown
Bronze 	Ember 	é 	1 copper 	Bronze Crown
== Lusken Réale ==
This coinage system, known as Rekule Undule (Euluska: Imperial Wealth), was used in most historically Lusken or ex-Lusken areas, such as the Luskan Peninsula, the Fallo, and the East Danderillon. Shorthand, the money itself became eventually known as Rekuleï (ray-COO-lay-ee), or Réale in Faerunian.
Lusken Coinage
Casting Metal	Name 	Luskan name 	Conversion	Note
Iridium 	Iridium Réale	Rekuleï vrodos	1 platinum	A very rare sight indeed. Turmish was slightly more rich in iridium ore than elsewhere.
Gold 	Gold Réale 	Rekuleï orado 	1 gold 	A standard metal found in many mines.
Silver 	Silver Réale 	Rekuleï sizo 	1 silver 	A standard metal found in many mines.
Tin 	Tin Réale 	Rekuleï isaö 	1 copper 	The Empire was rich in Tin from its dealings with Turmish, so it became a more favourable metal to cast in than copper.
== Lakayan Ré ==
Before the Luskan Empire's arrival, the tribal people of Lakay used their own systems of wealth and bartering. With the advent of the Empire, they enforced their rekule undule, but due to pidgin names and the reforms when the Federation was formed, their system was similar yet different. This coinage was also seen in Halcyon; i.e. across the Federation. 
The word Waar (plural Waarik), used for the common name of the currency, was a direct use of a northeast Lakayan word purportedly of native origin, from the word 'i owe'. It later was changed to Ré (said like ray) in the 60s.
Lakayan Coinage
Casting Metal 	Name 	Lakayan Luskan name	Larawak name 	Conversion	Note
Platinum 	Platinum Ré	Zidar waar 	Kose:shi'awaar	1 platinum	Lakay had ludicrous platinum deposits near Fort Mystra.
Chromium + Nickel + Gold	Gold Ré 	Rata waar 	Ósowe'eh'awaar	1 gold 	Because the Verdis tribe and their mountains were so rich in gold, it was thought that solely gold pieces could be too unstable or easy to inflate. Despite their name, they contained very little gold. Their colouration was slightly lighter than bronze.
Green Sterling 	Sterling Ré	Seyo waar 	Kuwa'isé'awaar	1 silver 	Standard silver found in many mines, but alloyed with copper to give a slight greenish tinge.
Copper 	Copper Ré 	Kavur waar 	Sei:khe'awaar 	1 copper 	The slopes of the mountains of North Lakayn teemed with copper. These coins went verdigris easily, too.
== Freetrade Caprine Standard ==
The Freetrade Caprine Standard was an established standard of currency popularised across much of the Danderillon. It had its origins in the early trading capitals of Farwydd Basin like Nisos, where it spread to Bracken and then through the Danderillon, and indeed it was regulated by the merchant authorities of Nisos. Most of the Danderillon used this currency in the present day. Waterdeep used it during its time of independence, from 1514-1561. 
However, the notable exceptions to its use were the Boarwood, the environs of Halcyon (who used Lakayan coinage) and much of the Datrian Empire on the eastern coast, who still used Lusken money. Caprine coinage would be found everywhere from Jarren's Well to Nisos to Bracken. 
Caprine Coinage
Casting Metal	Name	Conversion	Note
Platinum 	Horn	1 platinum	Again, this would be a very rare sight to see
Gold 	Goat	1 gold 	
Silver 	Ram 	1 silver 	
Copper 	Buck	1 copper 	The Caprine standard was based on the buck upwards, so it wouldn't be uncommon for prices that would ordinarily be written as '4 silver' to be written as '40 bucks' instead.
== Rakkimarran Hvaelrar ==
Across the kingdom of Rakkimar, a monetary system emerged fairly early in the days of inter-clan warring and remained fairly true to the present day. This was the Hvaelr, plural Hvaelrar. 
As a side note, depending on the dialect of Rakki spoken, the hv- sound was pronounced differently, ranging from kv- to like a Scottish wh-, and in some places a w- or even a gv-. In Saemhl speakers of Rakki, it might have been pronounced like the ch in loch, plus a w sound. Standard Rakki pronounced it like kv-. 
Rakkimarran Coinage
Casting Metal	Name 	Rakki name 	Conversion	Note
Red gold 	Sun 	Sólhvaelr, Sólen 	1 platinum	Red gold (Guanín in real life) occurred often in Rakkimarran coastal eroded deposits.
Electrum 	Star 	Stelhvaelr, Stelen 	1 gold 	These coins varied slightly in hue from more gold to more silver.
Sterling 	Moon 	Månhvaelr, Månen 	1 silver 	Easily distinguishable by their pure silver sheen.
Bronze 	Flame	Eldlinghvaelr, Eldlingen	1 copper 	A more fiery and earthy colour.
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Vortic Merc	Gold Coronet	Silver Coronet	Copper Coronet
 	 	 	
Turmish 	Gold Fáda 	Silver Fáda 	Iron Fáda
Note - Electrum was a rarer denomination. It was only officially used in The Vortic Isles and Volenya, but it often circulated as bandit or pirate money.
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