The predominant currency in Shattered Gods is silver. Different nations mint coins of different sizes, but the vast majority use silver as that is the most common precious metal found in the West. Most nation use the same standards for their silver, the mark and the Shekel.
A Silver Shekel
Shekels are small, thin pieces of silver about the size of a thumbnail. They are used for simple transactions such as a loaf of bread, eggs or other inexpensive transactions. Ten bits make a single mark.
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Hasran Silver Mark
Marks are heavy thick coins about the size of a quarter. They are used for anything larger than a single meal or mug of ale.
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A Hasran Golden Eagle
Transactions such as the purchase of a horse or a finely crafted blade would normally cost several hundred marks or more. This amount of coin is impractical to carry, so the Hasrans introduced gold as a more expensive form of currency.
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A Blessing of Thandres
There are two primary types of gold coins, the Eagle and the Blessing. The eagle is a thick piece of gold a bit larger than a silver mark, and is worth 100 marks.
A blessing is smaller than an eagle, but is made from enchanted gold and is worth 100 eagles. It’s proper name is a Blessing of Thandres, and these coins are well named. The dedicated of Thandres can infuse these coins with a blessing, which literally transforms them into a lucky coin.
These coins provide a +1 luck bonus to all rolls as long as one is carried on your person. The bonuses do not stack. The blessing stored in the coin may be sacrificed for a hero point, after which the blessing is gone. However, the coin may receive a new blessing if it is brought to a temple of thandres.
Nobles who have fallen on hard times are ‘down to their last blessing’ when they are nearly out of coin.
1 Blessing = 100 Golden Eagles
1 Golden Eagle = 100 Silver Marks
1 Silver Mark = 10 Silver Shekels
