> Lunars was the default out-of-character term used in RQ 2 for (fairly interchangeable?) silver
> coins, though RQ2 itself said somewhere in the small print that most Gloranthans had a
> diferent local term for their silver coins-- if I remember correctly patriotic Lunars actually called
> them "Imperials", Satarites called the Sartarite equivalent "Sovereigns" and trading ports at the
> coast often called them "Guilders". Somebody actually called them "Lunars" too, and I wondered
> whether that was non-Lunars in Pavis but Rurik used the term "Guilders" when he surrendered
> to a band of Trolls for Wergild.
>
> RQ2 did not really consider coinaghe in the West, the East or Pamaltela.
I always felt it was stretching co-incidence too far that all the silver coins had the same
value and weight of silver. I regard it as a RQ game mechanic rather than a reflection of
Gloranthan reality so would extend it to other areas with different names.
I expect the Lunars do have a standard silver coin with extreme penalties for forgery,
clipping or defacing the currency There will also be a lot of other coins in circulation which
are valued by their weight and purity of the silver.
--
Donald Oddy