Imperial Denars

Imperial Denars, commonly known as Imperials, is the official currency of the Empire. Consisting of platinum, gold, silver and copper coinage.

History
During the early days of the Empire, barterage was common amongst the kingdoms absorbed by the Empire. As the Empire expanded, slowly after the death of Viktor the Unifier, the value from one side of it's borders to the other began to see a significant change. William I was responsible for issuing the first coins from Vassas, simple coins then of copper. Over the following century, and with creation of the Vaulters Guild, the coins grew more and more standarised and numerous.

Minting and Design
In present day, coins continue to be minted ever decade. Usually a limited number are minted to prevent flooding of the currency. The autority to mint new coins is given over to the Vaulters Guild, under strict supervision from the Chief Imperial Collector. The purity of the coins themselves remain relatively low, with each coin retaining significantly less value then it's face. Without exception, all Denars are circular in shape, and each coin features a series of numbers around it's outer edge, showing where and when it was pressed. All Denars have the Winged Lion pressed on one side, and varying designs on the other.

Copper
Copper coins have the largest number of varients in circulation. Besides the usual Winged Lion motif, Copper coins show a varity of designs ranging from animals local to the Guildhouse which pressed it to local historical figures in profile. It is often possible to guess where a copper came from with good local knowledge.

Silver
Silvers tend to feature motifs and designs which relate to important events in the Empire's past, or the current Emperor at it's time of pressing. While designs are usually simple, Imperials can usually tell what they depict.

Gold
Gold Imperials feature a selection of four past Emperor's heads exclusively: Viktor I, Harold II, Alfred I and Gregory V, all in profile.

Platinum
Platinums feature exclusively the Imperial Seal.

Relative Value
Denars work in simple values of base ten, easily shown in the table below:

Mechanics
Denars are the "base" coin of the setting. All values shown on the SRD are equal to their equivilent in Denars.