Currency in Valoran

The rest sound good, but- I could more easily see Zaun using Kroner. The word seems more- within their aesthetics? *shrug*

Also, in the official forums, we had a bank thread. If it's wanted, I or someone else could start something similar?

(Yes, Blue Flame Island needs to be doubloons)

I'm throwing different kinds of ideas so...


Here's what I would do it. I would set it up as some form of hierarchy in form of tens to keep it simple. Ten of each would equal one of a higher value. I call this the metric currency:

10 Copper = 1 Iron (?)
10 Iron = 1 Platina (?)
10 Platina = 1 Pallas
10 Pallas = 1 Silver
10 Silver = 1 Plumbus (?)
10 Plumbus = 1 Stannum (?)
10 Stannum = 1 Gold

-Those with the question marks, I might just delete them and rename them if it is too complicated.



Another idea is kinda like how the US money system is, like nickles, dimes, dollars, etc. This, I call it the hierarchy currency:

1 Copper = 1 Copper
1 Iron = 5 Copper
1 Pallas = 10 Copper
1 Platina = 50 Copper

1 Silver = 100 Copper
1 Plumbus = 5000 Copper
1 Stannum = 1000 Copper
1 Ferri = 5000 Copper

1 Gold = 10000 Copper



If you think that the two ideas above are really complicated, then here's a very simplified one. Hence, the simplified currency:

1 Copper = 1 Copper
1 Silver = 100 Copper
1 Gold = 100 Silver

- If you really pay close attention on the names, I based it off the origin of the metal elements in the Periodic Table.


Concerning the names:

I don't want to name gold pieces by city-state. The reason is that if we put names on gold for city-states, then we have to take consider on which city-state gold is more valuable. Plus we have to get to the conversion stuff that I don't want like a certain amount of British pounds equal to a certain amount of US dollars. Plus some nations with bias may not even take gold from other city-states. I doubt that Noxians would take Demacian gold because of their long rivalry and nationalism.

But if the entire community wants currency names for their own sovereign city-state, then our names have to be original altogether or somehow based on extinct currency names or something that is affiliated to their own city state. The currency Swain introduced is already in use by real countries or is just a very common name for a currency. Therefore, our currency names should be original because our RP universe is original! I've been in the Total War community and I know the basics on how currency RP should run.

So here would be the currency name for each:

Bandle City - Astrus (from the latin astra, meaning star, and basing off the Bandle City Mothership)

Bilgewater - Galleus (based on the galleon)

Demacia - Demarius or Demacius (based on the Roman denarius, which is silver)

Freljord - Vechus (based on veche, which is a place where merchants and other people exercised their political influence during the time of Kievan Rus')

Ionia - Ryo (based on Ryō, a Japanese gold piece that was eventually replaced by the Yen at the Meiji period)

Noxus - Noximarks (I wasn't creative on that one)

Piltover - Florin (kinda sounds cool, based on Florence, Italy)

Zaun - Stater (Greek currency name for silver)

That is kind of the point, Titus.

Helios It would be the base of Zaunite economy so the first element of the table should be good for his currency.

But in my opinion, they are extremely generic (except for the Zaunite helios, awesome name Singed!). Especially for Bilgewater! Who would want doubloons? To me, that's very stupid and way too generic for a name. Some currency names you have right now are (more or less) fine like Demacia and Noxus but others are not creative as I thought and some are just plain stupid.


Bilgewater's currency name should be really renamed. "Doubloons" in my opinion is just downright stupid. Find another.

We need to find another currency name for Ionia. Maybe make up a currency name from something in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria.

Piltover's "talents"...hmm...it's a good name but I would find better.

As for Bandle City, the currency name should be either "roubees" (from the Russian rubles/roubles and I changed the name to make it more "yordley") or my other one "astrii" (from the latin word astra and making connections to the Bandle City Mothership).

Are we assuming the Freljords have no coinage and run off of a barter system?

If so, smart. In Freljord, they don't have much. Barbarian (think Vikings and Native Americans and similar culutres) Clans often assigned each person a job and expected them to do it. If they didn't, they didn't eat.

However, should we decide they need coinage... Lupar, Lupus, or something Wolf-like. It reflects the culture. Tight nit family that will rip you a new one if you mess with it.