Money

From the Lyorn Records of the Dragaeran Empire

The standard unit of money in Dragaera is the Imperial Gold Piece (or simply "Imperial").

Smaller denominations are:

• The "Orb" (A silver coin, at the rate of seventeen Orbs to the Imperial)
• The "copper" (a copper coin, likely at the rate of seventeen coppers to the Orb)

A working commoner in Adrilankha makes (on rough estimate) from five to seventeen Imperials per month.

The Imperial is typically stamped with the face of the current Emperor of Dragaera.

Typically, an orb will bear a serioli symbol of the number of the cycle in which it was struck, with a small mark to indicate the House that was in power at the time. The obverse side will typically show the face of the Lord in whose demese the coin was struck, or else that of the Emperor.

It is unclear what (if anything) was used for currency bewteen different regions of the Empire during the Interregnum. Likely, older coins were still in circulation from Tortaalik's reign, but given the average life of coinage, it seems likely that local lords (such as Kâna) may have struck their own currency in the years leading up to the restoration of the Empire.

Still, at least some coins from the seventeenth Jhegaala reign were still in circulation in Southmoor at the end of the Interregnum.

Barter was likely also in common practice during the Interregnum.