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=== Currency ===
 
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Since the value of the Aeruillin Silver Crown is frequently changing in relation to the dollar, the following values are in terms of ASC, not dollars. For a conversion, check [http://nseconomy.thirdgeek.com/nseconomy.php?nation=Aeruillin Aeruillin's NSEconomy page].
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Aeruillin uses the [[Aeruillin Silver Crown]] as its national currency. Refer to that article for more information on coinage.
  
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Note that most names denoting values larger than the crown are fairly outdated, and one will have to travel far indeed to hear some old village grocer mutter "makes two ''mentin''" rather than "ten crowns please". However, coins with these names imprinted on them are still used (Aeruillin has no paper money; they use electronic systems to handle larger transactions), they are just not called that.
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*rhul - 1/144 of a crown
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*denar - 1/12 of a crown
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*'''rhul''': 1/144 ASC
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*perin - 1/2 of a crown
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*crown - 1 crown
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Its name literally meaning "red", this coin is triangular, of a copper-iron mixture, and of a deep crimson tinge. It weighs 4 grains, and is stamped with the name "Rhul" on both sides.
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*mentin - 5 crowns
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*ran - 25 crowns
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*'''denar''': 12 rhul, 1/12 ASC
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*elar - 100 crowns
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*lyr - 5000 crowns
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Often erroneously thought to derive from the similar sounding Arabic term, this is actually Tharell in origin, derived from the number 10 ("den"). A denar was once 10 rhul, but it has long been changed to round off the numbers (Aeruillin counts in base-12).
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The denar is a round nickel coin weighing about 5 grains. It is stamped with the name "Denar" on one side, and the image of a [[nogran tree]] on the other.
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*'''perin''': 6 denar, 1/2 ASC
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"perinyan" means, literally, "half", derived from [[Quenya]].
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The perin, a square coin with a slight light reddish tinge, is made of a mixture of copper and silver, and weighs 7.5 grains. On one side is stamped the word "Perin", and on the other the face of an Aeruillinyan historically significant person.
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*'''crown''': 2 azym, 1 ASC
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The crown is the "main coin" of Aeruillin, and to this day it is made of 80% silver (the rest usually being nickel). It also weighs exactly one ounce (as according to the [[Pact of Aeruillin#§3|Pact of Aeruillin]]).
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A round coin, its front side is embossed with the words: "''1 Aeruillinyan Mentercerman''" (1 Aeruillinyan Silvercrown). It's back side is stamped with the national flag of Aeruillin (an infinity eight over a yin-yang symbol). Around the rim run the words: "''An Coryn ar' Belantor''" ([[Tharell]]: "For Peace and Balance").
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*'''mentin''': 5 crowns, 5 ASC
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The mentin, translating to "moon", is a silver coin weighing close to 1.2 ounces. It is in the shape of a pentagon. Its front side is embossed with a crescent, and the back with a rough outline of the map of Aeruillin.
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*'''ran''': 5 ran, 25 ASC
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The ran, whose name means "sun", is a coin made of a ligature of silver and gold. It weighs 1.5 ounces (50g), and is hexagonal. The front side is stamped with the image of the sun, and the back with the image of former Empress [[Katya Daranin]].
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*'''elar''': 4 mentin, 100 ASC
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A "star". This coin is made of gold, and weighs an ounce. The sides are stamped with the Rylenian elvish runes for "Peace" and "Balance" (one on each).
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*'''lyr''': 50 elar, 5000 ASC.
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The lyr, finally, is a coin made out of pure mithril mined in the mountains of [[Angranakh]]. Impossibly rare, its name means "bright", and it weighs one lode - with a diameter of 2 knuckles and a thickness of two hairs, it deserves the name "medal" more than "coin". Even if it were not rare enough to have collector's value, it is the only coin whose metal value is negligibly lower than its mint value.
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A reminder of the origin of Aeruillin, it is stamped with the sigil of the [[Tower of Carenath]] on the front, and the arcane Atharellian rune for "Balance" on the back. Around the rim run the words "''Ocar Samaræa 'yan tildrinyen Atharellya sayi'm Ulayrende''" ([[Ral]]: "From the Great Ocean to the Shores of Atharellia we have come").
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[[Category:Aeruillin]]
 
[[Category:Aeruillin]]

Revision as of 06:19, 8 April 2005

The nation of Aeruillin employs several non-metric systems of measurement. Though in the North of the country, especially in the capital Araniil, the metric system is swiftly displacing the native one, but the old one has held out in some less modernized places.

Please note that these terms are the translations of the native Tharell words.

(PS: And no, I'm not converting these into imperial system or anything else. The purpose is to translate fictional, medieval-style units into modern ones, not into another equally outdated system. :P)

Weight

  • grain: the smallest unit, about 0.5 g
  • ounce: 25 grains, or 12.5 g
  • lod: 8 ounces, or 100 g
  • bag: 10 lodes, 1kg
  • sack: 50 bags, 50kg
  • boulder: 100 sacks, 5 tons.

Length

  • hair: 2 mm.
  • knuckle: 10 hairs, 2 cm.
  • elle: 15 knuckles, 30 cm.
  • ped: 5 elles, 1.5 meters
  • stretch: 12 peds, 18 m
  • walk: 12 stretches, 216 m
  • stral: ´12 walks, 2.592 km.

Currency

Aeruillin uses the Aeruillin Silver Crown as its national currency. Refer to that article for more information on coinage.

  • rhul - 1/144 of a crown
  • denar - 1/12 of a crown
  • perin - 1/2 of a crown
  • crown - 1 crown
  • mentin - 5 crowns
  • ran - 25 crowns
  • elar - 100 crowns
  • lyr - 5000 crowns
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