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Use code SHADIVERSITY14 to get up to 14 FREE MEALS across your first 5 HelloFresh boxes, plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3iORQuB In this episode of #FunctionalFandom we see how many GOLD COINS an adventurer could practically carry in real life, TESTED WITH REAL COINS! If you like the content and want to support the channel, you’re welcome to do so through patreon or subscribe star: https://www.patreon.com/shadiversity https://www.subscribestar.com/shadiversity My novel, Shadow of the Conqueror Audio Book affiliate links: US: https://www.audible.com/shadbrooks UK: https://www.audible.co.uk/shadbrooks CA: https://www.audible.ca/shadbrooks AU: https://www.audible.com.au/shadbrooks Ebook, Paperback and Hardcover available from most major book retailers, here are a few of the main ones: Amazon affiliate link (be sure to navigate to your country’s amazon site): https://amzn.to/2XErUaR Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shadow-of-the-conqueror-shad-m-brooks/1132130546 Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/ebook/shadow-of-the-conqueror Come check out my new channel GAME KNIGHT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCubCObW93mbrIFoxwNamFFw/featured Awesome Shirts and chainmail print clothing: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/shadiversity Community run discord server: https://discord.gg/a3NJVh7 My official website: https://www.shadmbrooks.com/
Just in case you missed it, the Australian to U.S. exchange rate shown in the video was a joke, we know it’s not that bad. . . but it certainly feels like it sometimes ^_^
Also the weights and numbers given in this video are to demonstrate rough estimates, the size of gold coins in any given setting will also determine how heavy the coins would weigh. For instance if the gold coins were half the width of the ones we’re using as place holders in this video, you could carry twice as many coins for the same weight.
I would like to point out that the US does still have 1 dollar coins. They are however not in common use in most cases though they are legitimate currency within the US. And are often collected due to the rarity of them being used as currency. They are only actually worth a dollar but people who collect coins also collect them for some reason. But yes the US has 1 dollar coins . The current minted coins are the Sacagawea dollar circa 2000 to present. Presidential dollar coins minted circa 2007 -2016 and again in 2020 .
On July 20th 2018 then President Trump signed the American Innovation Dollar Coin Act into law. Which is a program that calls for the release /minting of four new coins each year starting in 2019 through 2032 . ” honoring Innovation and Innovators by issuing $1 coins for each of the 50 states, District of Columbia aka Washington D.C. and the five US territories . A introductory coin of George Washington signing the first US patent into law was released in December of 2018. So yeah the US still has $ 1 coins . They are just not a commonly used currency. Paper or more accurately fabric dollars are easier and cheaper to produce.
Frankly, I see little point in counting the number of coins (as they could have very different weight, roughly from 1,5 g to 30 g, and value – the value being typically equivalent or nearly equivalent to the value of the gold contained in them). The main question is how much gold can an adventurer carry (basically, as much as any other cargo) and what would it cost in the fantasy world we’re considering (that’s complicated, of course, as costs of many things weren’t proportional to the modern prices).
Noticed you do not have a campfire pan holder to hold your pans up and out of the campfire if you want I’ll be happy to make you one.
At 11:07
Weight….
First off you’re not weighing the coins, you are massing the coins and bag. If you want to weigh them, you would have to use Newtons or pounds…. The imperial unit for Mass is slugs by the way.
That aside, you are are weighing the coins and the pouch, you need to weigh the pouch then weigh the coins and the pouch then subtract the pouch from the weight of the coins and the pouch to find the weight of the coins. You need to do that for each pouch because the pouches each will weigh different amounts.
After all, you were just trying to find out how much gold an adventure can carry, not how much gold and pouches….
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Monte
At 21:55
“Gold” coins….
The USA does have gold colored $1 coins, look up the modern dollar coins in the presidential line. They have a line made with the likeness of each of the deceased presidents….
The US penny costs about two and a half to three cents to make. The US used to have a half penny back in the latter half of the 1800s it was discontinued as not being worth minting. At the time I heard that information, three or four years ago, the purchasing power of the half penny was equivalent to the then modern dime….. There is calls to get rid of the penny.
that is the neat part you need to be uncomfortble to be welty xd
Platinum coins.
Just use platinum for 100 gold like in Terraria.
I know I’m late but i just found this video…
According to Wikipedia the weight of the australian 1$ coin is 9 grams. Thus a thousand of them would be 9 kilograms. According to your comparison leaving 1000 gold coins around 18 kg. That’s A LOT!!! Especially if you carry it on your belt(s)……
It would also be worth about $1 million dollars US at the current gold price…
ha, ha.. shoulda played daggerfall in the 90s (best game ever made)
This is why adventurers had horses and wagons, boats
Canada stopped minting pennies because of their cost
20+ minutes in… I think it’s worth mentioning that that quantity of gold would be worth about $1 Million USD. Worth considering in this conversation I think.
D & D as a dm I always make players deal with coin weight, so either they spend more money bag of holding. Or pack animals and care takers for them . Depending on the items they try to lug a spell caster may be burning his precious supply of mana to move stuff.
Canadian loonies are about the same price as gold coins. 7 ish grams or so. I’ve carried alot of those at times, it sucks but with proper gear for it it’d probably be less bad. You realistically don’t wanna try and move more then 200 at a time though.
Skyrim Financial mods (xbox):
1. Gold has weight (Animosity bundle)
2. Skyrim Investor (Financial Crisis)
3. Sound money – precious metals refined (Financial Crisis)
4. Coin Miniting
5. Landlord
Also Smeltdown/Ars metallica for smelting down gold & silver jewelry
US still has a dollar coin just not used often
We do have a dollar coin here in America, but its quite uncommon. Ive only ever seen one.
now you know how canadians feel with our loonies ( the name for our 1$ coin) and toonies ( 2$ coin). i literally get paid with loonies and toonies….super heavy stuff