Coins of Æzàlar: Wir (0.0625d), Jūir (0.25d), Aurir (1.0d), Talir (200d), Zad’ir (1,000d)
The coins of Æzàlar are used throughout the world, but are most common in ports ringing the Æcèntyra, Dekàlas, and Tassèrus. The widespread usage of these coins is a tradition with ties leading back to the Old Empire. Rather than fill the pockets of moneychangers, sea-merchants did all their business in the standard Imperial coin. With the fall of the Empire, the standard naturally fell to the trading-center of the western world, Æzàlar.
- Wir. (0.0625d) The tins of Æzàlar vary widely in shape and design. Some bear portraits of the High Lords, while others portray priests, buildings, merchants, heroes, beasts, family sigils, &c. There is little oversight over Wir production except that they must contain the minter’s mark and meet the required weight in tin. While the Crown does produce most of these coins, certified minters are permitted to generate their own. Minters found creating substandard Wirrin are charged half a Jūir for each suspect piece.
- 1 Wir = 1 Wir
- 4 Wirrin = 1 Jūir
- 16 Wirrin = 1 Aurir
- 3,200 Wirrin = 1 Talir
- 16,000 Wirrin = 1 Zad’ir
- Jūir. (0.25d) Æzàlari coppers are created by the Crown and Temple, e.g., Æsrus Jūír, Kyrm Jūir. Corresponding coins depict a portrait of the High Lady and her predecessors, or one of the Gor Pryr Zalan. It is often easy to distinguish the two types at a glance, as the Kyrm Jūir are often shined. The Kyrm Jūir are traditionally selected for donations and tithing, and it is considered bad taste to give the Temple unpolished coins.
- 1 Jūir = 16 Wirrin
- 1 Jūir = 1 Jūir
- 4 Jūir = 1 Aurir
- 800 Jūir = 1 Talir
- 4,000 Jūir = 1 Zad’ir
- Aurir. (1.0d) The silver Æzàlari Aurir is similar to the Dekàli Audàrār. The High Lady is depicted on the face with a Dragul Dekùlðari on the reverse. Though exact numbers are not available, the Aurir may be the most prolific coin in the world of Teréth End. It is commonly called an Æzàlari Dragul, though that term more correctly refers to the Dekàli crown (i.e., 20 Tal). Because of the Aurir’s widespread circulation, it is accepted in most ports worldwide.
- 1 Aurir = 16 Wirrin
- 1 Aurir = 4 Jūir
- 1 Aurir = 1 Aurir
- 200 Aurir = 1 Talir
- 1,000 Aurir = 1 Zad’ir
- Talir. (200d) Smaller than the Dekàli Tal, the gold Æzàlari Talir is widely preferred among shipping merchants. This is the preferred coin of international commerce from Eastern Teréðor, across northern Tassèrus, and throughout Southern Lyrast. The Talir depitcs an image of the Blue Mother on its face and one of eight Temples of the Blood on the reverse (e.g., Balar, Damràdä, Hadìkar, Mandàrim, Nîl, Shaybayad, Shiráddam, Takir). Earlier Talir labeled each temple’s location, but the current mintings bear no such descriptions.
- 1 Talir = 3,200 Wirrin
- 1 Talir = 800 Jūir
- 1 Talir = 200 Aurir
- 1 Talir = 1 Talir
- 5 Talir = 1 Zad’ir
- Zad’ir. (1,000d) The Zad’ir (i.e., Zadjàmir) are unique within the Old Empire for a couple reasons. Though the coins appear to fashioned from regular gold, upon closer inspection this found not to be the case. Zad’ir are made from a material called ‘blue gold’. Blue gold is indistinguishable from regular gold until it is placed beneath a bright light (e.g., lanterns, sun) against a neutral surface. The strange gold casts a deep blue shadow, instead of gray shades. The coin is further distinguished by the fact that it is not minted by the city-state. The Zad’ir are found coins, discovered irregularly among the sands of the Esh. Likely the remains of an ancient civilization, their origin is unclear. It does not help that most of the coins’ faces are worn smooth, as if their depictions were purposefully erased. Historians speculate that the Zad’ir are remnants of the Takàlabhrū civilization or some forgotten Yrūnyr. It has been noted that whomever made the coins only made one kind, for no other denominations have been found.
- 1 Zad’ir = 16,000 Wirrin
- 1 Zad’ir = 4,000 Jūir
- 1 Zad’ir = 1,000 Aurir
- 1 Zad’ir = 5 Talir
- 1 Zad’ir = 1 Zad’ir