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#1 judicator_shekar Sep 24, 2006 10:05:55	I was wondering whether or not you guys could help me clear this up. I'm reading over the CS and many supplements and am reading seemingly contradictory information about the currency system on Athas. In one, the ceramic piece is listed as being below a silver piece (which, in turn, is below a gold piece), implying that it's taking the place of a copper piece. However, other supplements claim that gold and silver are so rare on Athas that most commoners spend their working lives without ever having seen either precious metal. So which is it? Is a ceramic piece a replacement for the gold piece or is it a replacement for the copper piece? Thanks in advance.
#2 lurking_shadow Sep 24, 2006 10:58:23	Ceramic pieces replace copper coins, but most item cost 1/100th of the prices listed in the Players Handbook. Effectively, that means ceremic pieces do what gold coins do in other D&D settings. Check athas.org'sds3e for more info on that.
#3 shim Sep 24, 2006 18:15:06	Ceramic pieces replace copper coins, but most item cost 1/100th of the prices listed in the Players Handbook. Effectively, that means ceremic pieces do what gold coins do in other D&D settings. Check athas.org'sds3e for more info on that. That is why you can split (literally) a ceramic in 10 bits. And you can subsequently trade 1 bit for 10 beads. So, if I am correct, 1 bead is as much worth as 1 copper on other worlds. Here is a page where you can see how a ceramic should look like.