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Denominations of Currency in Runeterran Regions

mrmeddyman·10/11/2019, 7:09:50 AM·8 votes·8,239 views

We know in Bilgewater that the people use Silver Serpents as a currency from GP adding a few to his bounty on the bounty board. That may be only one denomination of cash named in all of League of Legends lore... "Golden Krakens" comes to mind, I believe I read that in one of the stories maybe, could just be me taking Silver Serpents and making the next logical conclusion though.

Point is, for the most part the economies of the other regions isn't touched on at all though.

An insular society like Demacia ought to have a state regulatated centralized currency that out-values any other money brought into the region. With any of the corresponding Jarvans' face on one side of their coins and either Demacian Wings or The Sword of The Protector on the other. Maybe they could actually be minted from petricite thats mixed in with any number of metals. Which would probably make any transaction for Lux very uncomfortable.

A multicultural society like Noxus probably accepts all forms of currency from every inch of their empire, Shurima and Valorans' minor kingdoms like Arbormark. I'd imagine they have conversion rates for all of these currency based on the Noxian mint and every merchant must be prepared to count coins from a hundred different corners of the world to close out any sale.

The Freljordians may just trade survival supplies, pelts, meats and weapons and forego any form of currency all together. Relying on their intricate tribal bonds and the need to rely on each other for survival to over any idea of recompense for services.

Ionia? Ixtal? The Buhru? Piltover and Zaun?

Just gets the mind going thinking about these things. Any Rioters able to weigh in?

4 Comments

DerMangoJoghurt10/11/2019, 8:40:49 AM9 votes

So far we know of

  • Bilgewater: Golden Krakens and Silver Serpents
  • Piltover/Zaun: Gold Hexes, Silver Gears, and Bronze Washers
  • Noxus: Gold Securi

The Gold Securi are mentioned in the teaser diary for Rek'Sai and appear to be the main currency of Noxus since they're used in the capital. If I remember correctly the name isn't set in stone and might change in the future though.

RiotBioluminescence10/11/2019, 4:02:28 PM7 votes

I can say that this is also my jam, almost to the same level as Runeterran geography is my jam. I love it.

DerMangoJoghurt has the right of it with the currencies that have already been mentioned, though I'd note that in Zaun they use the slang/informal term "cogs" for money (same as we might use "cash").

Other than that, there's a bunch of work in the background, ready to be made player-facing when the time arises for some exchanges of goods and services happens in a story in the future :D

LordRedStone Nr110/11/2019, 8:14:10 AM5 votes

Piltover uses a gold Hex, it's mentioned in Progress Day. But being a trade port, they probably offer money exchange for all sorts of currency. Zaun probably uses the same as Piltover.