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The game's '''currency''' is measured in "☼", sometimes called "dwarfbucks" or "db's". Each item has a specific trade [[value]] in ☼.
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The game's '''currency''' is measured in "☼", called "dwarfbucks" or "db's" by some players. Each item has a specific trade [[value]] in ☼.
  
When the [[dwarven economy]] sets in, coins of legal currency metal will have monetary value in addition to their trade value. Copper coins are worth 1☼, silver coins are worth 5☼ and gold coins are worth 15☼.  
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When the [[dwarven economy]] sets in, some coins will have monetary value in addition to their trade value; copper coins are worth 1☼, silver coins are worth 5☼ and gold coins are worth 15☼.*
  
Independent of this, the trade value of any coins is 10 multiplied by the [[metal]] value, when used in trade, or collectors coins sold in [[shop]]s (not copper, silver or gold coins).
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Independent of this, the [[value]] of a coin of any other metal when used in trade, or for collectors coins* sold in [[shop]]s, is 1/50th the [[Value#Material_multipliers|material multiplier]] of the [[metal]]. Since you get 500 coins per bar of metal, this is equivalent to an item value of 10.
  
Using coins as a trade good is not advisable as they have no quality levels.
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''(* Coins of metal other than copper, silver or gold are sold in [[shop]]s.)
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Using coins as a trade good is not advisable as they have no [[item quality|quality]] levels. Allowing coinage in general circulation is not recommended as it aids nothing and dwarves tend to spend considerable time moving them around pointlessly.
  
 
Dwarven coins are minted at the [[Metalsmith's forge]].
 
Dwarven coins are minted at the [[Metalsmith's forge]].
  
[[Category:Trade]]
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Coins have little value in fortress mode and do not benefit the economy in any way, nor do they make anyone happier, but they do lead to massive slowdowns both in cpu terms and in terms of what your dwarves can accomplish.
[[Category:Economy]]
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{{Category|Economy}}

Latest revision as of 04:59, 9 April 2014

This article is about an older version of DF.

The game's currency is measured in "☼", called "dwarfbucks" or "db's" by some players. Each item has a specific trade value in ☼.

When the dwarven economy sets in, some coins will have monetary value in addition to their trade value; copper coins are worth 1☼, silver coins are worth 5☼ and gold coins are worth 15☼.*

Independent of this, the value of a coin of any other metal when used in trade, or for collectors coins* sold in shops, is 1/50th the material multiplier of the metal. Since you get 500 coins per bar of metal, this is equivalent to an item value of 10.

(* Coins of metal other than copper, silver or gold are sold in shops.)

Using coins as a trade good is not advisable as they have no quality levels. Allowing coinage in general circulation is not recommended as it aids nothing and dwarves tend to spend considerable time moving them around pointlessly.

Dwarven coins are minted at the Metalsmith's forge.

Coins have little value in fortress mode and do not benefit the economy in any way, nor do they make anyone happier, but they do lead to massive slowdowns both in cpu terms and in terms of what your dwarves can accomplish.