Currency

Copper, Silver, Gold and Platinum Pieces are the main currency used across the world of Dissaria. Most societies use this system as it makes trading easy across the world, and was established by the recovering civilizations during The Between Time. As such, almost every society one may visit will use this form of currency, in much larger societies, gold and platinum pieces may be a lot more common to find, while in others they may be a very rarely seen occurrence.

## **Coin Pieces**

Banks across the world have also implemented a continues communication amongst one another to keep rates fairly similar across the world depending on economic situations that may come about. Due to this no matter where one travels, the coin based currency system is almost certain to never change. Coins are also not always made of 100% the same material, usually using a silver and gold mix called electrum as a base to most of their structures. Each coin uses a different amount of electrum, with the least to most being used as coins go up in grades. About 10% is used for a Copper Piece, 20% for Silver, 30% for a Gold and 40% for a Platinum. These percentages allow skilled Numismatists to tell weather a coin is of suitable value. This means coins made of these pure materials gain more value than their non mixed counterparts.

Each coin has a different shape and symbol on them to make them easily identifiable.

Copper pieces are shaped like small squares with a square hole in the center, engraved on the outside are small pickaxes, these pickaxes represent the miners of the Between Time. Symbolizing craft and resource collection, as copper is the most common payment amongst the laboring groups.

Silver pieces are shaped like small triangles with a triangle hole in the center, engraved on the outside are small shields, these shields represent protectors of the Between Time, whether that be soldiers, paladins and etc. Symbolizing protection, as silver was the most common color of protection at the time, being related armor and shields, this is why are are placed on gold pieces.

Gold pieces are shaped like small circles with a circle hole in the center, engraved on the outside are small wheat symbol, these wheat symbols represent farmers of the Between Time. Symbolizing trade, as wheat, or similar foods, as this was most common way money and trade was created for most nations, this is why they are placed on gold pieces.

Platinum pieces are shaped like small diamonds with diamond hole in the center, engraved on the outside are small crowns, these crown symbols represent leaders, mostly kings and queens back during the Between Time. Symbolizing leadership and high positions of power, due to these being so uncommon, that is why they are on platinum pieces.

### **Standard Exchange Rates**

 Silver (SP)
 Gold (GP)
 Platinum (PP)

## **Electrum Pieces**

Electrum is used as a base in normal coins, but can also be found as a pure coin of its own. These coins were regularly used in the early years of the Between Time, instead of most Gold and Platinum coins before the system of percentages was created. These coins that now exist are not half silver and gold, but a mix of those and many of other metals, due to the percentages of other materials being so small, it makes them impossible to hold any value due to their material alone.

Electrum is used as a placeholder for actual currency, this placeholder currency is normally only given out by places or people with a lot of influence such as banks, large trading companies, large businesses, nobles or leaders of cities, to people who do not wish to carry a large amount of currency on them at once. Electrum is given in place of the actual coin payment in certain places, to then be taken to the bank and exchanged.

Each Electrum piece are shaped like a small octagon engraved with the shapes of all the four other types of coins on them placed into the four corners of the piece, with a symbol of whoever produced it in the center, usually relating to a certain bank. To be exchanged at places, electrum must also come with a piece of evidence for how one acquired it, such as a letter from the job they got.

For example, some rich trading groups may want to not risk being robbed of their gold while transporting it places, as such they may hire mercenaries, pay them in electrum, and have them transport it. If robbed, without the seal from the bank and the person paying in electrum the mercenaries in Electrum, it is very hard to exchange it at a bank, making robbing someone a lot less likely of an occurrence. This means more wealthy people and groups are less targeted when it comes to crimes like this.

However these coins are known to also be used regularly used amongst the various criminal underworlds across the world, being a placeholder for actual currency means that amongst thieves, illegal traders or other people part of criminal underworlds, it is much easier to trade in and control the market of what is being sold. Due to banks using Electrum regularly, the possession of Electrum is not illegal and Electrum usage across societies also varies, some use it regularly amongst the elite casts, while in some it is not used at all. This means the usage of Electrum can change depending on the societies one finds themselves, as well as the punishment for any use of Electrum for certain things.

Fences exchange Electrum for coins amongst the criminal world, this means fences have a heavy hold on the exchange of goods and jobs amongst the criminal underworld, as well as how much can be exchanged at any given time. This also means it is much harder to track illegal activity in the criminal underworld, as one may just claim that they are going to cash out payment for a job for a noble or that they are transporting goods for a certain company through electrum.