At a Glance
Coins are a form of currency.
For simplicity, most coins weigh about a third of an ounce, or about 9 grams, so that a stack of 50 weighs one pound.
Overview
Copper
- Bit (The South)
- Fandar (Amn)
- Nib (Waterdeep)
- Thalver (Cormanthyr)
- Thumb (Cormyr)
- Unarche (Calimport)
Silver
- Bedoar (Cormanthyr)
- Decarche (Calimport)
- Dirham (The South)
- Silver falcon (Cormyr)
- Raven (Sembia)
- Shard (Waterdeep)
- Taran (Amn)
Electrum
- Blue Eye (Cormyr)
- Centarche (Calimport)
- Centaur (Amn)
- Decime (Amn)
- Moon (Waterdeep)
Gold
- Bicenta (Calimport)
- Dantar (Amn)
- Dinar (The South)
- Dragon (Waterdeep)
- Golden lion (Cormyr)
- Noble (Sembia)
- Shilmaer (Cormanthyr)
Platinum
- Kilarche (Calimport)
- Pearl (Amn)
- Roldon (Amn)
- Ruendil (Cormanthyr)
- Sun (Waterdeep)
- Tricrown (Cormyr)
Other Coins
- Harbor moon (Waterdeep)
- Steelpence (Sembia)
- Toal (Waterdeep)
Sources
Primary Sources
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting [11836] (3e, December 2001) page 91
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting — A Grand Tour of the Realms [1085a] (2e, 1993) pages 26-27
- Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting — Cyclopedia of the Realms [1031a] (1e, July 1987) page 9
Passing Mention
- Questions for Ed Greenwood (2013)
- Cormyr [9410] pages 11, 37
Other Resources
- Search for Coins on the FR Wiki
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