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Currency of Riiga

In Riiga, there are four main types of currency. One belongs to Central, one to North Ideitess, one to South Ideitess, and one to North Nidonn. They are the lunam, nelar, dulari, and reden, respectively.

Generally speaking, currency is spoken as first the 'dollars' with the currency type followed by the 'cents'. For example, "Eight lunam one" is 8 lunams and one chenam, which is 8.5 lunams. "Six dulari four" is six dularis and four entaris, which is 6.4 dularis. Slightly more complicated: "Mecit and two and forty-three and two" is a mecit (150 redens), two olars (100 redends together), 43 redends and two mins, which totals 293.66 redens.

Value

Though there are variations, the below chart shows the approximate relative values of all the currency.

 
Big house
Small house
Horse
Sword
Cloak
Bread
M munnam
625
39
4
1
0.1
0
P pinam
5,000
313
31
6
0.9
0
L lunam
200,000
12,500
1,250
250
37.5
1.3
C chenam
400,000
25,000
2,500
500
75
2.5
f fasari
370
23
2
0.5
0.1
0
k kilari
4,444
278
28
6
0.8
0
d dulari
88,889
5,556
556
111
16.7
0.6
e entari
888,889
55,556
5,556
1,111
166,7
5.6
t mecit
242
15
2
0.3
0
0
o olar
727
45
5
1
0.1
0
r reden
36,364
2,273
227
45
6.8
0.2
m mins
110,193
6,887
689
138
20.7
0.7
T tomon
3,200
200
20
4
0.6
0
I impar
64,000
4,000
400
80
12
0.4
N nelar
1,600,000
100,000
10,000
2,000
300
10

To use the chart, the numbers equal, as an approximation, how many of that coin one would need to purchase the item. If the number is below 1, that means that just one of the coin would buy that item plus change. If the number is 0, the value of that coin is so high that the change is massive.

Central

Base currency: lunam L
Half a lunam is a chenam C
40 lunams is a pinam P
320 lunams or 80 pinams is a munnam M

One lunam is 0.45 dularis, 0.18 redens, or 8 nelars.

Conversion to the nearest foreign "dollar"
2L1C rounds to 1d1e in dularis
5L1C rounds to 1r in redens
1C rounds to 4N in nelars

North Nidonn

Base currency: reden r
One third of a reden is a mins m
50 redens is an olar o
150 redens or three olars is a mecit t

One reden is 5.5 lunams, 2.45 dularis, or 44 nelars.

Conversion to the nearest foreign "dollar"
1m rounds to 1L1C in lunams
2m rounds to 1d5e in delaris
1m rounds to 13N in nelars

South Ideitess

Base currency: dulari d
One tenth of a dulari is an entari e
20 dularis is a kilari k
240 dularis or 12 kilaris is a fasari f

One dulari is 2.25 lunams, 0.4 redens, or 18 nelars.

Conversion to the nearest foreign "dollar"
7e rounds to 1L1C in lunams
2d5e rounds to 1r in redens
5e rounds to 9N in nelars

North Ideitess

Base currency: nelar N
25 nelars is an impar I
500 nelars or 20 impars is a tomon T

One nelar is 0.13 lunams, 0.06 dularis, or 0.003 redens.

Conversion to the nearest foreign "dollar"
8N rounds to 1L in lunams
18N rounds to 1d in dularis
14I rounds to 1r in redens

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