Most popular "lawful" trading centers (Silverymoon, Baldur's Gate, Athkatla, Zazesspur, the Sembian coastal cities, etc.) have coins about 80% pure. Places like Scornubel and Westgate are 60% pure; everywhere else is in the range between. #realmslore
RPGMatch
@RpgMatch
7 Dec 2025
This is excellent. I’m going to crunch these numbers (and the attached size chart) to calculate revise proportions. Am I correct in assuming a somewhat standard ratio of raw copper:silver:gold exchange rates throughout the Realms?

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*Looks sideways at Ed and whispers* "Athkatla?"
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Shhh, I'm talking about the face they try to present to the world to attract trade and investment, not the truth. ;} #realmslore
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Is this a recent development, or is it safe to assume this was the case in the years before the Spellplague?
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This was the same in the latter half of the 1300s DR, before the Spellplague. #realmslore
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Mind if I piggyback on this question a little? Somewhat related, haha. If a devil was to "conjure up" tangible, non-illusory coins out of nowhere for dramatic effect over a party of adventurers like in this scene, would those coins be: 1 - magically created, and therefore theoretically could be of greater purity (and potentially value) than traditionally minted ones 2 - regular ol' pre-existing coins summoned from a secret stash hoarded just for such occasions. Option 2 is what I imagined when I wrote this scene... I wrote Alexander as a Cambion with sorcerer levels, certainly not all-powerful, but REALLY good with theatrics... and with a hefty Charisma stat. Did I get it right? 😅
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You reach for one of those crescent moons and you get cut by your money,😂
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