Coinage Postfest: Iridian Coinage

Iridian Coinage

Origin of the Mint:
        Royal Iridian Mint

Description of the coins:
        Iridan mints gold, silver and copper coins, of very
nearly pure metal. But, these are larger than conventional coins,
and are often found broken into tenths, often called 'bits', or
'pieces', which typically have the same value as conventional
gold (etc.) pieces of the same metal.

These coins are the conventional short cylinder shape, marked
with a royal face on one side, and dragon head in profile on the
other side, the symbol of Iridan, with the name of the royal, and
a date, since the founding of Iridan, about a thousand years ago.
These coins are not milled.

The people of Iridan have a strange attitude to coinage, and
almost all (95%) have what seems to be almost a magical talent to
assess the weight and quality of a handful of whatever coinmetal.
Some claim this is an ancient dragon blessing or curse, depending
on who you ask. This means no royal or noble has got very far
with adulterating the quality of the metal. Also, a piece of raw
metal, of the right quality and weight, without any care as to
its shape, is often treated as freely exchangable for proper
coin, or bits of coin.

This means that the Iridians can be very rude about coinage from
other lands, the quality of which can vary a lot, but their
coinage is widely used and accepted, even in lands that don't
know where Iridan is.

Frequency of Occurance in Space:
        Iridan would appear to be a groundling nation, on some
obscure world in a not well known sphere. While people can't tell
you much about it, they are happy to accept it's coinage, when it
turns up, which is rare. Supposedly it is a great trading nation.

Notes:
        Iridan is a country in a home-brew campaign, run since
the 1970s. The people of Iridan are not spelljammers, but their
coinage seems to get to a lot of places.

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