Trade Goods
You can’t eat money, and all wealth is eventually measured in commodities, luxuries, and trade goods. Local shortages, surpluses, trade embargoes, and treaties may shift values, but the following trade goods table shows the value of many commonly exchanged goods.
Table: Trade Goods
|
Cost |
Goods |
|
1 cp |
1 lb. of wheat |
|
2 cp |
1 lb. of flour or one chicken |
|
5 cp |
1 lb. of salt |
|
1 sp |
1 lb. of iron |
|
1 sp |
1 square yard of canvas |
|
5 sp |
1 lb. of copper of 1 square yard of cotton cloth |
|
1 gp |
1 lb. of ginger or one goat |
|
2 gp |
1 lb. of cinnamon or pepper, or one sheep |
|
3 gp |
1 lb. of cloves or one pig |
|
5 gp |
1 lb. of silver or 1 square yard of linen |
|
10 gp |
1 square yard of silk or one cow |
|
15 gp |
1 lb. of saffron or one ox |
|
50 gp |
1 lb. of gold |
|
500 gp |
1 lb. of platinum |
|
100 gp |
1 lb. of cold iron |
|
1,000 gp |
1 lb. of adamantine |
|
1 gp |
1 lb. of bronze |
|
2 sp |
1 square yard of leather |
|
750 gp |
1 lb. of mithral |
|
50 gp |
1 gram of diamond dust |