Currencies

Note: The people of Delgar use octal math.

For simplicity, when playing D&D 5E, currency denominations are all converted at 10:1, so 100 cp = 10 sp = 1 gp. Platinum and electrum are not used.

Coin weight is usually inconsequential since most people use paper money for values of 10gp or more.

Different currencies are used in different parts of the world, but most of them are pegged to the Belgritian mark due to its near-universal acceptance in global trade. Each currency in wide current circulation is detailed here, as well as some interesting special cases.

Belgritian and Araxian Marks

Belgritian 10 gold mark note, featuring a portrait of Father Belger I.

Araxian 100 gold mark banknote featuring a portrait of Araxius II

Belgritian and Araxian marks come in six common denominations:

• Copper coins (bits/pixi), the smallest unit
• Silver coins (drakes/draxi), equal to 8 copper bits/pixi each
• Gold coins (marks/marxi), equal to 16 silver drakes/draxi each
• 10₈ Mark banknotes, equal to 8 marks each because Delgarians use base 8 math.
• 100₈ Mark banknotes, equal to 64 marks each
• 1000₈ Mark banknotes, equal to 512 marks each

Banknotes in larger denominations such as 2000₈ (1024) and even 10,000₈ (4096) exist, but are rarely used.

Use of coins for anything of significant value (10₈ marks or more)