Most trade is done with silver and gold pieces. These pieces are just basically raw nuggets of either. In market they are usually weighed out on the spot. Buyers have to beware of foolsgold and foolssilver.
Cities of Mardule are able to use a powerful Quest Miracle which allows them to mint coins. These coins are always of exact gold, silver, or platinum weight and do not need to be weighed in market. Also, since the mint symbol is impossible to create without the Quest miracle, fools gold and fools silver coins are not possible.
Minted coins have particular symbols on them and have various magical effects if enough coins are held. The magical effects only work if the coins are gained by purchasing something (winning a bet counts as 'chances' were actually purchaced by wager). The magical effects only last a week for that person. If the coins are then traded away to someone else they will function for that new person for 1 month, etc.
Terminology:
'Crowns' refer to gold coins (have symbol of
leadership).
'Royals' refer to Platinum coins (have face of
ruler).
'Paupers' refer to copper coins which are practically
worthless and no longer minted after the Dark times.
| City | Metal | Symbol | Effect (50 coins+) |
| Rel Mord | silver | two wrestlers / Rel Mord | attackers at -1 on all rolls |
| silver | cattle heard / Rel Mord | +5% reaction adjust | |
| gold | Gilgamesh wrestling bull of heaven/ Crown of Nyrond | -25% chance of encounter with bandits | |
| gold | Battle of Fortnight/ crown of Nyrond | defenders +1 on melee/attackers -1 | |
| platinum | fountain of youth & river of life/face of Gilgamesh | +1 day to lifespan | |
| Leukish | silver | lush mountains/ Leukish | +1 merchant skill |
| silver | river valley/ Leukish | ||
| gold | crossed foils/ Laurel wreath crown of Urnst | +5% luck | |
| platinum | Church of Marduke /Face of Duke | 5% M.R. (doesnt add) | |
| Rhadighast | silver | fishermen on boats with nets/Rhadighast city | +1 fishing skill |
| gold | countess battling barbarians/ wreath crown | +2 on melee dex checks | |
| platinum | Raised walls of Rhadighast/Face of Countess | 20% Protection from Evil | |
| Dyvers | silver | spinning loom/Dyvers | +1 merchant skills |
| gold | Battle of Emridy Fields/Crown of Furyondy | ||
| platinum | St Cuthbert/Face of King Thromell II | ||
| Rouxes | silver | aquaducts/Rouxes | |
| gold | Three Princes hung from tree/Overcrown | ||
| gold | /Overcrown | ||
| platinum | /Face of Overking | ||
| platinum | /Face of Overking | ||
| Mithril |
Old coins not common...