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I’ve answered this many, many times before, but no harm in doing so again.
The gems used for currency are all common semi-precious stones, of the most durable (won’t easily crack or chip in normal handling) sorts. Bloodstones, for example (and zircons and other...
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What are the most common gems used in this way & who operates/controls the mines that the gems are sourced from?
Bonus question. Is there any Young Gold Dragons near these mines?
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...stones in the 50 gp-value range; see the tables in the DMG). They are often encased in little thumb-sized wooden boxes, or longer “finger” boxes (like a set of real-world polyhedral gaming dice, stored in a row in a container), to protect them while being...
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...carried. They are mined all over the Realms, but are common enough (thanks to centuries of dwarf and gnome delving) that no miners have to go anywhere near real dangers like dragons.
On the other hand, young gold dragons, like young dragons of any sort, ...
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...have to find their own territories, so they spread out across the Realms and explore—and could well end up near such a mine.
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