Currencies

Silver
1 S.talent 4 dirhams 1600 dinars 64 lbs

1 dirham 400 dinars 16 lbs

1 dinar1 1/25 lb.

1
Monthly income for a family of 2 skilled workers, month’s food for 4 adults.
Quartered, halved, and cut into eighths for usability.

Cowrie Shells
2
Used in the west, but the
2 exchange rate is penalized by the
6 shells 18 dinars 1 obol Realm against jade.
18 dinars ≠ 1 obol

Jade

1 L.talent3 8 bars 64 minae 128 shekels 1024 obols

1 bar 8 minae 16 shekels 128 obols

1 mina 2 shekels 16 obols

1 shekel 8 obols

1 obol 4 bits
3
A ledger talent is worth ⅔ a true talent and weighs ~45.33 lbs. A true talent weighs 68 lbs.

Jade Scrip
4
1 obol4 8 koku 64 qian 128 siu 1024 yen Most commonly circulated
coinage by the Dragon-
1 koku 8 qian 16 siu 128 yen Blooded.
5
Several days of labor by a
1 qian 2 siu 16 yen skilled craftsman.
6
Day’s wage for unskilled
1 siu5 8 yen labor, day’s worth of food.
7
⅛ yen buys several beers or
1 yen67 a jar of wine.

Conversions between Currencies

To convert between currencies it is necessary to first convert the amount into the base unit of each
currency. This base unit differs depending upon the currencies one wishes to convert between.
Currency 1 Currency 2 Units

Silver Jade 5 S.talents = 1 L.talent8

Silver Cowrie shells 3 dinars = 1 shell

Jade Jade scrip 1 obol = 1 obol9

Jade Cowrie shells 1 obol = 6 shells

8
It is also worth noting that 1 koku is worth slightly less than a dinar. 1 koku = 0.9375 dinar
9
Jade uses the ‘obol’ as a base unit of measure and Jade scrip can convert freely to the obol.

Resources
The following table shows the average yearly income of characters with certain levels of Resources.
Resources x Resources 1 Jade Jade scrip Silver

1 1 1 shekel 64 koku 60 dinar

2 2 1 mina 128 koku 120 dinar

3 ~128 1 L.talent 8,000 koku 5 S.talents

4 ~640 5 L.talents 40,000 koku 25 S.talents

5 ~2560 20 L.talents 160,000 koku 100 S.talents