Currency

Various currencies are used by different cultures in the South.

The Golden Bird
The Golden Bird is a gold coin used by the Coalition, worth its own weight (1 oz). It is accepted across the Great Dark Sea due to its material value.

The majority of these coins were reminted from treasure seized from the Seven Pirate Warlords. Some of these coins may have once been used in the old empire.

The name 'Golden Bird' is a colloquial one, and the materials used for the Coalition's coins have a wider range - copper, silver, gold and platinum. Gold coins are used for the greatest number of transactions, however. The 'bird' element is owed to the designs on these coins, since each are embossed with an image of a different sea bird as recognisable national symbols.

The other coins in the set are sometimes called 'birds' for their design.

In the Commons, these gold coins are sometimes called 'albies'.

Design of the Golden Bird
Overside: Curved writing at top: COALITION OF CLEOCADIA. Image of an albatross with outstretched wings beneath, with the phrase 'As One' written straight slightly below. Curved writing at bottom: 1OZ FINE GOLD.

Underside: A circle with five embossed dots inside, arranged like the points of a pentagon (the Coalition's symbol). The date of minting beneath.

List of Coins with Associated Symbols

 * Copper Ozzie. An osprey in flight.
 * Silver Gull. A left-facing great gull.
 * Gold Albie. An albatross with outstretched wings - hence 'albies'.
 * Platinum Drake. A 'drake' - a dragon with feathered wings. Rarely used.

The Derring
The Derring is a note on a gold standard. It is bronze and pink in colour, with a metallic sheen that is difficult to replicate. It is used internationally but was created by the Coalition.

One Derring can be exchanged for 1 ounce of silver, effectively setting the minimum value for a Derring as one Silver Gull. In essence, 1 Derring is equal to 1 silver piece.

Unlike the Golden Bird, the Derring is used outside of Cleocadia as a reserve currency and in international transactions. It is even accepted in ordinary transactions in Salsaia, whose national currency is the Drachma.

Each value note depicts Griselda Raleigh on one side and a famous figure from each of the Coalition nations on the other. This decision was intended to be symbolic of every nation contributing to the new government's wealth. The fact that each of these national figures had a numerical 'value' set to them was thought to be offset by the lower-value notes being used more often, and thus that nation's figure being seen more frequently.

List of Notes with Associated National Figures

 * 5 Derring Note. Morden Hallory (Alstice).
 * 10 Derring Note. Mathilda (Titanbath).
 * 20 Derring Note. Sistah Celeste (Sylvestris).
 * 50 Derring Note. Lucifer Callipho (High Celsus).
 * 100 Derring Note. Earth-Render Edda (Vorsthalland).