SJ Coinage Postfest, Results! Pt 3

Continued from part 2

Shou Coins
Submitted by: Paul Westermeyer <westermeyer@????????.net>
Origin of the Mint: The nation of Shou Lung on the planet Toril in Realmspace.
Description of the Coins:  Copper coins are the most common form of 
coinage. There are 2 types, the Fen and the Yuan. The Fen is lowest 
in value, while the Yuan, is next in value, equal to 5 Fen. Each coin 
is pierced through the center, which can be used to string them 
together, to form 'coin strings', usually in 50 and 100 lots.
	Next in line is a Ch'ao. This is a paper note. One Ch'ao is 
equal to 100 Fen or 20 Yuan. Ch'ao come in various amounts - one, 
ten, twenty, and a hundred notes being the most common. Ch'ao, 
because they are easier to handle, are preferred when dealing in 
amounts of 100 fen or greater. Ch'ao are only accepted by 
moneychangers with access to Shou traders.
	Silver is minted in 2 forms. The Tael and Ch'ien. The Tael is 
a coin much like the Fen, pierced through the center. One Tael is 
equal to 100 fen, 20 yuan or one chao. The Ch'ien is minted as a 
small bar or miniature ingot, equal to 10 tael, or 1000 fen. Ch'ien 
are rarely used in everyday transactions since they can be awkward to 
carry. They are often hoarded for times when the value of copper and 
paper money fails.
So, 5 Fen = 1 Yuan, 20 Yuan = 1 Tael, 10 Tael = 1 Ch'ien.

Forign exchange rates..
1 Fen is equal to one copper, and usually gets just that.
1 Yuan is equal to five coppers, but usually only gets one copper.
1 Tael is equal to 10 silver, and usually gets between 2 and 12 
silver pieces at money lenders.
1 Chien is worth the same as a platinum piece (5 gold), and usually 
nets 2-8 gold.

Going the otherway..
Copper pieces are equal to one fen, but usually takes 2 coppers to get one fen.
Silver pieves are equal to 2 yuan or 10 fen, but usually net you 8-13 fen.
Electrun pieces are equal to 100 fen, 20 yuan or one tael. They 
usually net the market value of metal.
Gold pieces are equal to 200 fen, 40 yuan or 2 tael, and like the 
electrum net the markets worth of the metal.
Platinum pieces are equal to 1000 fen, 200 yuan or 10 tael/1 chien. 
They also net the market value of the metal.
Frequency of Occurence in Space:  These coins are common in space, 
especially within Realmspace.
Notes:
	The previous is taken from the Economy section of the Oriental
Adventures book.

Netherese Coins
Submitted by: Paul Westermeyer <westermeyer@????????.net>
Origin of the Mint: The Netherese enclaves of Karsus, Ioulaum, and 
Delia on the planet Toril in Realmspace.
Description of the Coins:  Each of the pyramid-shaped coins of 
Netheril had a magical essence incorporated into their design which 
made it possible to determine real coins from counterfeits. Acting 
like a prism, a three-dimensional image of a flying city above a 
forested landscape could be seen on the reverse of the coin. The 
front of the coin had a bust rendition of Nether the Elder, with the 
minting year at the bottom center and the words E Magicus Unum along 
the top. Under the left side of the bust, a letter designated the 
place of minting ("D" for Delia, "I" for Ioulaum, and "K" for Karsus).
	Otherwise Netherese coins follow the standard system, Copper, 
Silver, Electrum, Gold, and Platinum.  There magical enchantment 
makes them somewhat valuable to collectors, so that the coins are 
usually valued one step higher than their face value (Copper = 
silver, silver = electrum, and so forth).
Frequency of Occurence in Space:  These coins are somewhat rare in 
space and are usually found in old treasure troves in Realmspace.
Notes:  Found in Netheril: Empire of Magic Boxed set pg 103.

Faerunian Elven Coins
Submitted by: Paul Westermeyer <westermeyer@????????.net>
Origin of the Mint:  All are the standard AD&D coinage of copper 
(cp), silver (sp), electrum (ep), gold (gp), and platinum (pp) 
pieces, but they set themselves apart by their shapes and designs. 
Myth Drannan coins are oblong with a stamped design at their centers. 
The majority of the money is standard weight, round coins stamped 
with a sling, an overflowing, tankard, or a halfling head in profile 
(cp); two crossed axes, a trio of gems, or a helmed dwarf in profile 
(sp); two clashing short swords, a smoking pipe, or a bespectacled 
gnome in profile (ep); two crossed spears, a pile of scrolls, or a 
human wizardess in profile (gp); and two clashing long swords, a star 
surmounted by a pair of clasped hands of friendship, or an elf female 
in profile (pp).
	While there is no difference in stamped coin types in 
precious metals or their weight, there were social connotations that 
have grown and become involved in the use of particular coins. The 
first coins mentioned under each metal are weapons; used mostly by 
tradesmen and commoners, these coins were symbols of the fight for 
peace (to those who like N'Tel'Quess) or as a symbol of a threat of 
punishment the buyer makes against the seller (to those who dislike 
N'Tel'Quess). The second coins are all what elves saw as 
'representative boons of the race'; used mostly among the nobility 
and the royals, they were neutral in meaning but have a prestige in 
their use, due to lesser mintings of this type of coin. The final 
coins are simply stamped with a member of each race in profile and 
these were extremely rare, as only 1,000 of each were made in the 
first years of Myth Drannor. They were discontinued as the 
still-tentative races saw their value in Elves' eyes stamped before 
them in the relative worth of the coins; their rarity makes their 
worth more than 100 times their trade weight.
	Cormanthyr's coinage is the same trade weight as other coins, 
though they are slightly thicker, in a square shape, and they have 
diamond-shaped holes in each Coin's center with points centering 
along the coin's edges. Each is named specifically, and on the face 
of each coin are four identical moon elven runes to identify the 
coin's name (allowing those robbed of sight the ability to discern 
coins): thalvers (t; cp), bedoars (b; sp) thammarchs (th; ep), 
shilmaers
(sh; gp), and ruendils (r; pp). These are common due to their 
widespread use as military script for all elven akh'velahrn and 
akh'faern, and they have become the common trade currency between 
elven communities. Unnoticed by most nonelves, small dots and dashes 
can be scored into the center edges of the coin's inner hole, and 
this tactile language communicates secrets between those who know how 
to read this elven code-dialect.
Frequency of Occurence in Space:  These coins are somewhat uncommon 
in space and are often found in old treasure troves in Realmspace.
Notes:  Found in Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves (C)1998 pg63


A table to randomize treasure finds:)

d% Roll
01%	Ethwulden, Wovlyn Coins (1-2 copper, 3-5 silver, 6-9 gold, 10 platinum)
02%	Silver Piece, Moonbright ('Telepisil')
03%	Tymoran Silver Coins
04%	Waukeenian Gold Coins
05-09%	Arcane Platinum Trade Bars
10-19%	Sembian coins
		01-20%	Sembian Gold piece (often called 'nobles')
		21-30%	Sembian Electrum piece
		31-40%	Sembian Silver pieces (often called 'ravens')
		41-50%	Sembian Iron pieces
		51-60%	Sembian Trade Bar, 5 gp denomination
		61-80%	Sembian Trade Bar, 10 gp denomination
		81-90%	Sembian Trade Bar, 25 gp denomination
		91-100%	Sembian Trade Bar, 50 gp denomination
20-49%	Wildspace Trader Coins (Type: 1-2 copper, 3-4 silver, 5-6 gold, 7-8
	electrum, 9-10 platinum.  Value of the coin (1, 2, or 5))
50-51%	Coins of the Great Kingdom (Type: 1-2 copper, 3-4 silver, 5-6 gold, 7-8
	electrum, 9-10 platinum)
52-57%	Ginsel Coins (Type: 1-2 copper, 3-4 silver, 5-6 gold, 7-8 electrum,
	9-10 platinum)
58-62%	Greyhawks (Type: 1-2 Bronze Zees, 3-4 Copper Commons, 5-6 
Silver Nobles,
	7-8 Gold Orbs, 9-10 Electrum Luckies, 11-12 Platinum Plates)
63-68%	Shou Coins (Type: 1-2 Fen, 3-4 Yuan, 5-6 Tael, 7-8 Ch'ien)
69%	Netherese Coins (Type: 1-2 copper, 3-4 silver, 5-6 gold, 7-8 electrum,
	9-10 platinum)
70-72%	Faerunian Elven Coins, Myth Drannan (Type: 1-2 copper, 3-4 silver, 5-6
	gold, 7-8 electrum, 9-10 platinum)
73-76%	Faerunian Elven Coins, Cormanthan (Type: 1-2 copper, 3-4 silver, 5-6
	gold, 7-8 electrum, 9-10 platinum)
77-80%	Iridian Coinage (1-3 gold, 4-6 silver, 7-8 copper)
81%	Lunan silver Marks
82-85%	Ptahan (Cruxan) Hierocoins
86%	Goblin Shiny
87%	Reigar Vanity Coin
88-00%	Roll Again or GM Choice