Re: Florin

* Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> [000904 12:17]:
> ObConlang:  What do y'all call currencies in your languages, if any such
> exist?
rû (finger bone) is the equivalent of cents, pence, øre... In the olden
daus it was a finger-bone, now it is a bronze-colored vaguely finger-bone
shaped coin, something like this: (fixed width-font!) though the end-caps
are slightly convex... size is in fact about right.
______
\    /
 |  |
 |  |
/____\

In the really old days there were half-rû too, it looked like this:
 ____
 |  |
/____\

rûn (finger) is slang for the five rû coin, it's a round coin with the
above shape embossed; it'll buy you a loaf of standard-bread or a bottle
of standard-soda.

kîr (hand), which is 25 rû (or 5 rûn), coins with an embossed stylised
hand; it should afford you all the food and drink you need during one
standard-day, and is what your wages are counted in (if you work)

There are other types of money but they are rare so I can't remember
what they are called :)

Incidentally, the monetary-system is "borrowed" from the Kingdom of
Char, prior to the Berserker's reign (he was King of Char and Earl of
Chaldea simultaneously) the then empire's finances was fully automated,
the regular Joe never knew what money was. In the Outlawed Lands today,
money is still used only as an incentive to work, subsistence is
provided through what's left of the empiric system, at least in the
conservative parts. Money is more important in the tributaries and new
colonies, generally in the frontier. These tend to adopt the empiric
system as they mature.


t.