Invisible Fortress:Jade standard
The Jade Standard is the system of currency minted by the Realm and accepted in most regions of the world.
Jade coin
Jade coin is minted from actual jade. Jade talents are 68-pound slabs of jade which smaller denominations are carved from. While a talent is worth 1024 obols, the slab contains 1536 obols by weight; the difference is the result of the carving process to turn a talent into smaller coins.
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in talent | GP equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talent | T | 1 | 4915pp 2gp |
| Bar | B | 8 | 614pp 4gp |
| Mina | M | 64 | 76pp 8gp |
| Shekel | S | 128 | 38pp 4gp |
| Obol | O | 1024 | 4pp 8gp |
| Bit | 4096 | 1pp 2gp | |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in bar | GP equivalent |
| Bar | B | 1 | 614pp 4gp |
| Mina | M | 8 | 76pp 8gp |
| Shekel | S | 16 | 38pp 4gp |
| Obol | O | 128 | 4pp 8gp |
| Bit | 512 | 1pp 2gp | |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in mina | GP equivalent |
| Mina | M | 1 | 76pp 8gp |
| Shekel | S | 2 | 38pp 4gp |
| Obol | O | 16 | 4pp 8gp |
| Bit | 64 | 1pp 2gp | |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in shekel | GP equivalent |
| Shekel | S | 1 | 38pp 4gp |
| Obol | O | 8 | 4pp 8gp |
| Bit | 32 | 1pp 2gp | |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in obol | GP equivalent |
| Obol | O | 1 | 4pp 8gp |
| Bit | 4 | 1pp 2gp |
Jade scrip
Jade scrip consists of paper currency (koku and quian) and copper coins (siu and yen).
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in obol | GP equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obol | O | 1 | 48gp |
| Koku | k | 8 | 6gp |
| Quian | q | 64 | 1ep 2sp 5cp |
| Siu | s | 128 | 3sp 8cp |
| Yen | y | 1024 | 5cp |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in koku | GP equivalent |
| Koku | k | 1 | 6gp |
| Quian | q | 8 | 1ep 2sp 5cp |
| Siu | s | 16 | 3sp 8cp |
| Yen | y | 128 | 5cp |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in quian | GP equivalent |
| Quian | q | 1 | 1ep 2sp 5cp |
| Siu | s | 2 | 3sp 8cp |
| Yen | y | 16 | 5cp |
| Currency | Abbreviation | Number in Siu | GP equivalent |
| Siu | s | 1 | 3sp 8cp |
| Yen | y | 8 | 5cp |
Siu can be broken into halves (4 yen / 2 silver pieces) or quarters (2 yen / 1 silver piece) and still be used as currency. Yen can be broken into halves (~3 copper pieces), quarters (~1 copper piece), and eighths and still be used as currency.
Other currencies
Silver standard
The standard in eastern, northern, and southern regions which are not under Realm control (though merchants in these regions commonly accept jade currency). The value is more volatile than the jade standard, and different regions mint coins with different purities, but the general conversion between jade and silver is 1 jade talent (68 pounds) to 5 silver talents (64 pounds).
| 1 silver talent | 64 pounds | 4 dirhams | 1600 dinars | ⅕ jade talent | 204 ½ obols |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 pounds | 1 dirham | 400 dinars | 51 ¼ obols | ||
| 8 pounds | 200 dinars | 25 ¾ obols | |||
| 4 pounds | 100 dinars | 13 obols | |||
| 2 pounds | 50 dinars | 6 ½ obols | |||
| 1 pound | 25 dinars | 3 ¼ obols | |||
| ½ pound | 12 ½ dinars | 1 ¾ obols | |||
| ¼ pound | 6 ¼ dinars | ¾ obols |
Cowrie
Currency standard found in certain areas of the west, the cowrie is a shellfish whose shells are crafted into currency based on their size. Shells are strung together in groups of 25, 50, or 100 shells. While other regions do not accept the cowrie, western islanders will exchange it for other currency standards.
Islanders will trade 1 cowrie for 3 dirhams of silver, but 6 cowries for 1 jade obol.