1. Notes

Tellewen Currency

Visualized Worth:

1 penny was about the amount an unskilled worker from 400DE would make a day, or about 7 pennies a week, 28 pennies a month, and 5 chips 6 pennies (336 pennies) in a year. A loaf of bread might be 1 half-penny. Therefore, the most commonly used coins 

All units/Coins (Emýty):

Legend: (Metal) English Translation (Slang Terms), (Italicised) Tellewenhyr (Slang Terms) 

(Non-Physical) TalentZgat 

(Gold) Royal (Face), Cýnýry (Anthwed)

(Silver) Chip (Silver), Elýg (Mergwý)

(Silver bordered Iron) Half-Chip (Chipling), Ba-Elýg (Elýgen)

(Silver Bordered Iron) 4-MarkTerýgen 

(Iron) Mark (Draft), Rýgen

(Iron Bordered Bronze) Half-MarkBa-rýgen (Berýgen)

(Bronze) 5-PennyDýved-Emýtlen

(Bronze) 2-Penny, Na-Emýtlen

(Bronze) Penny, Emýtlen

(Copper) Half-Penny, Ba-Emýtlen

(Copper) Whit, Draut

Conversion

Talent10 Royals, 120 Chips, 7200 Pennies
Royal12 Chips, 720 Pennies
Chip2 Half-Chips 60 Pennies
Half-Chip30 Pennies
Four-Mark4 Marks, 56 Pennies
Mark2 Half-Marks, 14 Pennies
Half-Mark7 Pennies
Five-Penny5 Pennies
Two-Penny2 Pennies
Penny2 Half-pennies, 4 Whits
Half-Penny2 Whits

Units/Coins (Emýty):

Royal, Cýnýry:

4.25g Gold

Cýnýryin, or royals, are a gold coin of about four and a quarter pure gold. They are usually minted depicting the current monarch on one side while depicting the Tellewengyr Enfield. Their name comes from their side which usually depicts a monarch. 

A royal is worth 12 Chips or 720 Pennies. Royals were created to be worth roughly the monthly wages of a skilled worker such as a soldier or craftsman during the year 376DE. Royals were rarely used in the early period of Tellewengyr history, but as the average worker began making more money, they began to be used more often.

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circa. 430DE Royal depicting king Ethelrhod ŵýn Dheksrhod.

Chip

Elýg: 4.25g Silver

Ba-Elýg: 1.5g Silver, 4g Iron

Elýgy, or chips, are silver coins of about four and a quarter pure silver. Their designs have varied over the centuries, but they usually depict phrases and pictures of royal objects or people. Famously, during the years 467-530DE, the Eye of Agnoma was minted on this coin, as well as the phrase: "------"

Chips were originally made for the purpose of representing a month's wages of a skilled worker such as a soldier or craftsman during the year 376DE, hence being a twelfth of a Royal. Half-Chips were soon introduced because of more demand during the years

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Mark

Rýgens, or Marks are an iron coin introduced later than most other Tellewengyr coins. They are very common among the middle and upper classes and usually depict knights or other Tellewengyr military assets.

A mark's original use was to be worth a week's pay for a skilled worker, hence being 14 pennies worth. Half Marks were added to represent 7 pennies, and to be used for people with smaller wages, or to have more change, as well as four-marks

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Draut, Whit

A whit was a copper coin worth a quarter of a penny. They are the smallest Tellewengyr coins and are most used by the poorer classes. They were created for peasants' and poor peoples' wages. 

Minting Years:

376DE(Founding) - 450DE

During these years, very little of the large coin inventory was produced. Namely, the Royal (In small numbers), the Chip, the Penny the Half-Penny, and the Whit. 

450DE - 600DE

In the year 467, the Half-Chip began being minted. In the year 514 the Talent was also introduced as a unit used to represent about a year's wages for a skilled worker, such as a craftsman or a soldier.

600DE - 800DE

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800DE - 1000DE

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