Praedian Coinage

Old Imperial (now Mithraic & Covenanter)	Modernized Imperial	Assorted Achaean Coins	Other Cultures	Modern Earth Equivalent
	Parvus (OLD)*			5 Cents
½ Farthing (copper)				20 Cents
	Fallis: 1/16^th centes (copper)	Hemiobol (copper)**		25 Cents
Farthing (copper)		Obol (copper or bronze)		41 Cents
Ha'penny (copper)	Quad or Quadrans: ¼ centes (copper or bronze)	1 Falhem (bronze)		$.83 for Ha'penny $1.00 for the Quad
1 modern Denarius (Denier (cov.) or Penny (mith.)): 1/12^th solidus (copper)	1 Argentius (silver) and Ducentes: ½ centes (large, copper)	1 Dirhem(silver)	1 Meer (Galacian, silver)	$1.66 for Denarius $2.00 for ½ Argentius and Ducentes
Tuppence (copper)	Centesimus (Centes): 1/100^th aureus (silver)			$3.66 $4.00 for Centes
Threepence (copper)		1 Drachm (silver)	1 Plack (Galacian, silver)	$5.00
Six pence (large, copper)	Bicentes (2 centes, silver)		1 Cribbaghan (Galacian, silver)	$10.00 ($8.00 for Bicentes)
	OLD Imperial Denarii 1/25^th of an Aureus)			$16
1 Solidus (1/20^th £ sterling), called a Shilling in Mithraea	Victoriatus (5 Centes): 1/20^th of an Aureus and ½ Libella (silver)	1 Tetradrachm (silver)	1 Zloty (Fisher, In reality, maybe worth ½ S.) 1 Tasdan (Gal.)*** (silver)	$20
		1 Dinar (15 Denarius, silver)		$24

1 Sovereign, a 2 Shilling coin (silver)	1 Libella (1/10^th aureus) silver	1 Benzet (silver)	1 Daa Tasdan (Galacian)	$40
		2-Dinar		$48
		10^th Ducat		$60
		2 Benzet		$80
Asst. 5 Shilling coins (silver & gold)				$100
10s Coin (Gold Anglet)	½ Aureus (gold) or Quinarius (5 Libella, silver)	Hemistater (gold)	1 Deich Tasdan (Galacian), gold	$200
£ sterling (Gold Angel)	1 Aureus: 1/100^th Talent (gold)	1 Gold Stater	1 Bonn (Gal.), gold	$400
		1 Ducat = 1½ £, gold		$600
	The Two-Aurea (gold)			$800
5 £ Sterling (Gold Archangel)	The Quinaurea (gold)			$2000
10 £ Sterling (Gold Solar)	10 Aurea OR Decumanus (1/10^th talent)			$4000
	Talent (100 lb. of silver) gold or silver.			$40,000

*Imperial coinage values vary (at least to the Imperials) based on the age of the coin. Old coins are generally of more value, simply because they are old. The accomplishments of the Emperor and the State at the time also factor in. Coins from a time of great victory would be particularly valued, for example.

**Achaean coins are not uniform. They are based fairly uniformly on weights used by other countries, but are minted separately for each city-state. It is common in Achaea to have a lot of commemorative coins. For example. When a nobleman is elected to or buys an office, it is traditional for him to have a commemorative coin minted. This serves two purposes. First, it sets his status based on his willingness to sacrifice income and what he thinks his popularity will be. The nobleman must front the bullion to make the coins, being repaid only as people trade in old coins for the new. If he is unpopular, his coins will languish in the city treasury. He must also decide whether to issue many coins of small denomination, or fewer larger ones. The second purpose is to keep people bringing in their old coins. Bringing them in for exchange minimizes the number of forged (debased) and clipped coins at a minimum. Older clipped or debased coins will be melted down and purified and the bullion given back to the nobleman. Cities also commission coins to commemorate victories, thei r founding, their heros, and so on. It's a portable form of propaganda here and elsewhere.

*** Galacia also produces older forms of currency, namely silver rings. Invented for use in Wergeld payments between clans, this is one thing they are exclusively still used for (to pay in coin is insulting). These rings are theoretically worth a shilling or two each. They are larger than an equivalent coin but contain more tin. Merchants outside Galacia often tack on "nuisance fees" when exchanging these, as they must be weighed and are inconvenient...